OSHA Inspection: ALBERTO HUERTA

Issued

Nov 21, 2016

Abate by

Dec 16, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,741 · Current $1,904 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):       a) The employer did not ensure that each employee working on a roof being shingled approximately six (6) feet or more above the ground level below was protected from a fall hazard by using either guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.

Issued

Nov 21, 2016

Abate by

Dec 16, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,672 · Current $1,336 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:      a) The employer did not ensure that extension ladders utilized by employees were properly placed with three (3) feet of its side rails above the upper landing to assist employees mounting and dismounting the ladder thereby exposing the employees to a fall hazard of approximately ten (10) feet to the ground below.