OSHA Inspection: JOSE ESCALANTE ROOFING

Issued

2016-11-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2672.00 · Current $2672.00

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, chemical, or radiation agents:   The employer is failing to protect employees from struck by hazards associated with operating pneumatic tools in the reroofing operations on an existing residential home.  The most recent occurrence of this happened on a job site located at 6501 Artesian Way, Lincoln, NE where the employer had employees using nail guns rated between 80-120 PSI to install roof shingles on an existing residential home without wearing any eye or face protection.

Issued

2016-11-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3741.00 · Current $3741.00

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):   The employer is failing to protect employee(s) from falls while working on a roof at 6501 Artesian Way, Lincoln, NE.  The pitch of the roof is greater than 4:12 and the height to the eave was estimated to be over 11 feet.

Issued

2016-11-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-12-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2672.00 · Current $2672.00

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 is failing to provide employees with fall protection training specific to the use of fall protection and the recognition of fall hazards as evident on the job site located at 6501 Artesian Way, Lincoln, NE where the employer has four employees re-roofing the roof of a home where the pitch of the roof is greater than 4:12 and the height to the eave was over 11 feet.

Issued

2016-11-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3741.00 · Current $3741.00

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:  The employer is failing to protect employees from a fall hazard at 6501 Artesian Way, Lincoln, NE, in that the ladder used to access the roof was not extended 3 feet above the landing surface.

Issued

2016-11-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3741.00 · Current $3741.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(16): Portable ladders with structural defects, such as, but not limited to, broken or missing rungs, cleats, or steps, broken or split rails, corroded components, or other faulty or defective components, were not either immediately marked in a manner that readily identifies them as defective, or tagged with "Do Not Use" or similar language, and were not withdrawn from service until repaired:  The employer is failing to protect employees from a fall hazard at 4910 N. 138th St, Omaha, NE, in that the ladder employees used to reach the gutters had a split rail decreasing its structural integrity.

Issued

2016-11-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-12-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2672.00 · Current $2672.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a)(1)(iii): The employer did not ensure that each employee using ladders and/or stairways had been trained by a competent person in the proper construction, use, placement, and care in handling the ladders and/or stairways:  The employer is failing to protect employees from a fall hazard at 5551 N 151st St, Omaha, NE, by not providing ladder use training.