OSHA Inspection: JOSE A. ORTIZ

Issued

2017-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-05-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $305.00 · Current $305.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:  (a) Establishment:  As of May 1, 2017, the employer had not certified to OSHA that the abatement had been completed for Citation 2, Items 3 and 4 from Inspection #1200237, issued on 01/23/2017, with a final order date of 02/27/2017.

Issued

2017-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4183.00 · Current $4183.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee used appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation:   (a) Worksite:  On or about 12/23/2016, the employer did not ensure that employees had appropriate eye or face protection while operating pneumatic nail guns to install roof shingles.

Issued

2017-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4183.00 · Current $4183.00

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:   (a) Worksite:  On or about 12/23/2016, the employer did not ensure that the portable extension ladder used by employees to access the residential roof, extended at least three feet above the upper landing.

Issued

2017-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $14939.00 · Current $14939.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(b)(1): Employer did not ensure that electrical equipment is free from recognized hazards that are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees:     (a) Worksite:  On or about 12/23/2016, the employer did not ensure that an extension cord being used to power an air compressor was free from recognized hazards, where both ends of the extension cord were pulled from the plug-ends.    Jose A. Ortiz, dba Jose Family Construction was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.403(b)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 905442, citation number 002, item number 02 and was affirmed as a final order on 7/12/2013, with respect to a workplace located at 7 Touro Street, Providence RI, 02904.

Issued

2017-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8366.00 · Current $8366.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employees 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 employees provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):   (a) Worksite:  On or about 12/23/2016, the employer did not ensure that employees were protected from fall hazards while performing roofing activities approximately twenty-one feet above the lower level.     Jose A. Ortiz, dba Jose Family Construction was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 905442, citation number 001, item number 02 and was affirmed as a final order on 7/12/2013, with respect to a workplace located at 7 Touro Street, Providence RI, 02904.

Issued

2017-01-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-03-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8366.00 · Current $8366.00

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:   (a) Worksite:  On or about 12/23/2016, the employer did not provide fall protection training to employees who were exposed to fall hazards during residential roofing activities at an approximate height of twenty-one feet.    Jose A. Ortiz, dba Jose Family Construction was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 905442, citation number 001, item number 03 and was affirmed as a final order on 7/21/2013, with respect to a workplace located at 7 Touro Street, Providence RI, 02904.

Issued

2017-01-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-03-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $14939.00 · Current $14939.00

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:  (a) Worksite:  On or about 12/23/2016, the employer did not provide safety training in the set-up and use of ladders, so employees could recognize hazards such as not extending the ladder at least three feet above the upper landing.    Jose A. Ortiz, dba Jose Family Construction was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.1060(a), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 905442, citation number 002, item number 03 and was affirmed as a final order on 7/21/2013, with respect to a workplace located at 7 Touro Street, Providence RI, 02904.