OSHA Inspection: ROBERTO CASTRO

Issued

2016-07-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:  Roberto Castro project site located at 721 Dodge St. Kewaunee, WI: On June 22, 2016, employees were exposed to multiple hazards, including but not limited to, falls from ladders and roofs, eye, head and hand injuries from flying and falling objects, when they had not been trained to recognize and avoid or correct those hazards, or to understand and follow the OSHA Standards that apply to construction activities.

Issued

2016-07-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  Roberto Castro project site located at 721 Dodge St. Kewaunee, WI: On and before June 22, 2016, employees exposed to falls had not been trained about when and how to properly set up and use fall protection systems.

Issued

2016-07-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.   Roberto Castro project site located at 721 Dodge St. Kewaunee, WI: On and before June 22, 2016, employees were exposed to falls while using ladders to access elevated working surfaces when they had not been trained to properly set up and use ladders.

Issued

2016-07-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):   Roberto Castro project site located at 721 Dodge St. Kewaunee, WI: On June 22, 2016, employees were exposed to falls while reroofing a 1 1/2 story house, in that:  A) employees were completing the tear off on the garage roof without fall protection;  B) employees were installing ice and water shield on the main roof without fall protection;  C) employees were working around and near skylights that were not protected.

Issued

2016-07-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:    Roberto Castro project site located at 721 Dodge St. Kewaunee, WI: On June 22, 2016, employees were exposed to falls while accessing the roof of a 1 1/2 story steep pitch house being reroofed while the ladder to the main roof did not extend at least 3' above the eave edge.

Issued

2016-07-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(22): Employees using ladders were carrying objects or loads that could cause them to lose balance and fall:     Roberto Castro project site located at 721 Dodge St. Kewaunee, WI: On June 22, 2016, an employee was exposed to falling from a ladder while carrying a skylight down from the roof.