OSHA Inspection: DE LA ROSA CONSTRUCTION

Issued

Mar 28, 2017

Abate by

Jun 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,793 · Current $1,076 Reduced

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 agents:    Employees engaged in roofing operations were exposed to struck-by hazards while operating a pneumatic nailer without eye protection.

Issued

Mar 28, 2017

Abate by

Jun 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,390 · Current $1,434 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.350(a)(9): Compressed gas cylinders were not secured in an upright position at all times: Note:  This paragraph does not apply to short periods of time while cylinders are being hoisted or carried.    The employer did not ensure gas cylinders were stored in an upright position and exposed employees to struck-by hazards when an oxygen cylinder was layed on the ground.

Issued

Mar 28, 2017

Abate by

Jun 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,183 · Current $2,510 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m)  or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b), nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:       Employees engaged in roofing operations were exposed to fall hazards in excess of six feet.

Issued

Mar 28, 2017

Abate by

Apr 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.