OSHA Inspection: VICTOR LOPEZ ROOFING

Issued

May 2, 2017

Abate by

May 26, 2017

Penalty

Initial $305 · Current $305

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1):   The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:  (a)  The employer failed to certify that Citation 1, Item 2 issued on 08/18/2016 with an abatement date of 09/02/2016 had been abated.  (b)  The employer failed to certify that Citation 1, Item 4 issued on 08/18/2016 with an abatement date of 09/02/2016 had been abated.

Issued

May 2, 2017

Abate by

May 26, 2017

Penalty

Initial $305 · Current $305

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1):   The employer did not submit to the Agency documents demonstrating that abatement is complete for each willful or repeat violation and for any serious violation for which the Agency indicates in the citation that such abatement documentation is required.  (a) The employer failed to send documentation that Citation 1 Item 2 and 4 issued on 08/18/2016 with an abatement date of 09/02/2016.

Issued

Aug 18, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,367 · Current $2,500 Reduced

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:     The employer is failing to protect employees from fall hazards associated with re-roofing an existing residential home where the height is greater than 6 feet.  The most recent occurrence of this happened on a job site located at 5626 N 140th St, Omaha, NE where the employer had employees roofing the home without using any form of fall protection.

Issued

Aug 18, 2016

Abate by

Oct 3, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,405 · Current $1,500 Reduced

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:    The employer failed to train employees to recognized the fall hazards associated with re-roofing an existing residential home where the roof height is greater than 6 feet.  The most recent occurrence of this happened on a job site located at 5626 N 140th St, Omaha, NE where the employer had untrained employees roofing the home.

Issued

Aug 18, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,367 · Current $2,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where (a) portable ladder(s) was/were used for access to an upper level landing surface and the ladder's length did not allow the ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed, the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and/or a grasping device was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder.      The employer is failing to protect employees from fall hazards associated with using a ladder to access and egress from the roof of an existing residential home.  The most recent occurrence of this happened on a job site located at 5626 N 140th St Omaha, NE where the employer had employees using an extension ladder as means of access and egress of the roof of an existing residential home they were re-roofing, without having extended the ladder at least three feet over the upper landing surface.

Issued

Aug 18, 2016

Abate by

Oct 3, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,405 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each employee using ladders and/or stairways had been trained by a competent person in the nature of fall hazards in the work area:     The employer failed to train the employees to recognized fall hazards associated with using a ladder to access and egress a roof of an existing residential home.  The most recent occurrence of this happened on a job site located at 5626 N 140th St, Omaha, NE where the employer had untrained employees failing to recognize the hazard in using a fiberglass extension ladder as means of access and egress of the roof of an existing residential home they were roofing, and ladder was not extended a minimum of three feet over the upper landing surface.