OSHA Inspection: AVILA CONSTRUCTION

Issued

Jul 11, 2016

Abate by

Jul 28, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system:           At the jobsite; unprotected employees worked on the roof at an approximate height of twenty feet, exposing employees to fall hazards.

Issued

Jul 11, 2016

Abate by

Sep 1, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:             At the jobsite; untrained employees were working on a roof at an approximate height of 20 feet, exposing employees to fall hazards.

Issued

Jul 11, 2016

Abate by

Jul 28, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): The employer did not report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye as a result of a work-related incident to OSHA within twenty-four (24) hours:        The employer did not notify OSHA of the hospitalization of an employee until twenty-two days after the hospitalization.