OSHA Inspection: GILBERTO LONGORIA

Issued

Nov 14, 2016

Abate by

Dec 2, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,138 · Current $2,138

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 14, 2016

Abate by

Dec 2, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,741 · Current $3,741

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 14, 2016

Abate by

Dec 2, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,138 · Current $2,138

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 decking work to don personal protective equipment while working and exposed them to struck-by and fall hazards.

Issued

Nov 14, 2016

Abate by

Dec 2, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,672 · Current $2,672

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:  Employees working without hard hats were exposed to struck-by hazards while working on the ground level as other employees performed decking work above.

Issued

Nov 14, 2016

Abate by

Dec 2, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,741 · Current $3,741

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 work without a personal fall arrest system were exposed to fall hazards in excess of six feet.

Issued

Nov 14, 2016

Abate by

Dec 2, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,741 · Current $3,741

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:  Employees had not been trained to recognize hazards related to falls and the procedures to follow that would minimize those hazards while performing roofing activities, at a height of over 6 feet, without fall protection.