OSHA Inspection: JOSE HERNANDEZ

Issued

Dec 5, 2016

Abate by

Dec 9, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,672 · Current $1,870 Reduced

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.  Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width, each employee was not protected by use of a monitoring system.  Jobsite:  The employees who were working on the low-slope roof were not protected from fall hazards by the use guardrails, safety nets or personal fall arrest systems.

Issued

Dec 5, 2016

Abate by

Dec 22, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  Jobsite: The employees who were exposed fall hazards while working on the roof were not trained in fall hazards and the procedures to be followed to minimize such hazards.

Issued

Dec 5, 2016

Abate by

Dec 9, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,672 · Current $1,870 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.    Jobsite:  The side rails of the extension ladder that was used to gain access to the roof at a height of approximately 24 feet 2 inches above the ground did not extend 3 feet above the landing surface.

Issued

Dec 5, 2016

Abate by

Dec 22, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.  Jobsite: The employer did not ensure that each employee using ladders at the site was trained by a competent person.