OSHA Inspection: JOSE GONZALES

Issued

Nov 16, 2016

Abate by

Feb 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,138 · Current $1,069 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s).    The employer did not ensure employees engaged in decking work were provided a program with frequent and regular inspections and made by a competent person.

Issued

Nov 16, 2016

Abate by

Feb 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,741 · Current $0 Reduced

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 work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:    The employer did not ensure employees performing decking work were trained to recognize and avoid unsafe conditions associated with framing work and exposed them to fall hazards.

Issued

Nov 16, 2016

Abate by

Feb 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,138 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.28(a): The employer did not require the wearing of appropriate personal protective equipment in all operations where there is an exposure to hazardous conditions.    The employer did not require employees performing roofing work to don personal protective equipment while working and exposed them to struck-by and fall hazards.

Issued

Nov 16, 2016

Abate by

Feb 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,741 · Current $1,871 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, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):     Employees engaged in roofing operations were exposed to fall hazards in excess of six feet without fall protection.

Issued

Nov 16, 2016

Abate by

Feb 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,741 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(2): The employer did not assure that each employee exposed to fall hazards was trained by a competent person qualified in the areas specified in 29 CFR 1926.503 (a)(2)(i) through (viii)    The employer did not ensure employees were trained to recognize hazards related to falls while engaged in roofing activities  in excess of 6 feet without fall protection.

Issued

Nov 16, 2016

Abate by

Feb 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,207 · Current $1,604 Reduced

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:    Employees engaged in roofing work were exposed to fall hazards while using a ladder that did not extend at least three feet above the roof's landing.

Issued

Nov 16, 2016

Abate by

Feb 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,604 · Current $802 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(6): Unsecured ladder(s) were used on surfaces that were not stable and level:    Employees engaged in roofing work were exposed to fall hazards while using a ladder that was not secured on a stable surface.

Issued

Nov 16, 2016

Abate by

Feb 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,604 · Current $0 Reduced

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.    Employees performing roofing work while using a ladder had not been trained to recognize hazards related to ladders and the procedures to follow that would minimize those hazards.