OSHA Inspection: CABRERA CONSTRUCTION

Issued

Jan 3, 2017

Abate by

Jan 30, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,138 · Current $2,138

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical agents.   Employees engaged in framing work were exposed to struck-by hazards while operating pneumatic nail guns without eye protection.

Issued

Jan 3, 2017

Abate by

Jan 30, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,563 · Current $3,563

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(a)(2)(ii)(B): Temporary wiring branch circuit conductors were not run as multiconductor cord, cable assemblies, open conductors, nor in raceways:  The employer did not ensure temporary wiring used to power an outlet box supplying power to an air compressor was not used and exposed employees to electrical shock hazards.

Issued

Jan 3, 2017

Abate by

Jan 30, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,276 · Current $4,276

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(b)(2): In energized installations, each outlet box did not have a cover, faceplate, or fixture canopy:  The employer did not ensure the outlet box energizing an air compressor had a faceplate.

Issued

Jan 3, 2017

Abate by

Jan 30, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,988 · Current $4,988

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).  Employees engaged in framing work without fall protection were exposed to fall hazards in excess of six feet.

Issued

Jan 3, 2017

Abate by

Jan 30, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,850 · Current $2,850

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(6)(i): A snaphook not of the locking type was engaged (i) directly to webbing, rope or wire rope;  The employer did not ensure a snaphook on a personal fall arrest system was not directly attached to a rope and exposed employees to fall hazards.

Issued

Jan 3, 2017

Abate by

Jan 30, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,988 · Current $4,988

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 did not ensure employees were trained to recognize hazards related to falls and the procedures to follow that would minimize those hazards while performing framing work, at a height of over 6 feet, without fall protection.

Issued

Jan 3, 2017

Abate by

Jan 30, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,850 · Current $2,850

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladders were used for purposes other than the purposes for which they were designed:  Employees performing framing work were exposed to fall hazards while using a 4 ft. A-frame ladder that was leaned against a stairway landing to access the upper regions of the construction of the roof.

Issued

Jan 3, 2017

Abate by

Jan 30, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,138 · Current $2,138

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.  The employer did not ensure employees utilizing ladders to perform framing work were trained to recognize hazards related to ladders and the procedures to follow that would minimize the hazards.