OSHA Inspection: ELMER DANILO VASQUEZ

Issued

May 25, 2017

Abate by

Jun 12, 2017

Penalty

Initial $305 · Current $305

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:  Location: 670 Whitney, New Haven, CT 06511  Abatement certification and documentation for Citation 01, Item 004 and Citation 01, Item 006 was not received within 10 calendar days (by April 23, 2017) following the Abatement Due Date (April 13,2017)

Issued

Mar 13, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $2,173

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:  Jobsite:  The employees who were working on the ground below the area where the stripping the existing roofing material was in progress were not protected from head injuries by the use of protective helmets.

Issued

Mar 13, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $2,716

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): 1926.102(a)(1): Employees were not provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:  Jobsite: The employees who were installing asphalt roofing shingles with pneumatic nail guns were not wearing eye protection.

Issued

Mar 13, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $3,803

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):   Jobsite:  The employees who were engaged in residential construction activities on the roof were not protected from fall hazards by the use guardrails, safety nets or personal fall arrest systems.

Issued

Mar 13, 2017

Abate by

Apr 13, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $2,173

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:  Jobsite: The employees who were exposed fall hazards while working on the roof were not trained in fall hazards and the procedures to be followed to minimize such hazards.

Issued

Mar 13, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $2,173

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.   Jobsite:  The side rails of the extension ladder that was used to gain access to the lower roof at a height approximately 12 feet 3 inches above the ground did not extend at least 3 feet above the landing surface.

Issued

Mar 13, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(9): The area around the top and/or bottom of (a) ladder(s) was not kept clear:  jobsite: The area surrounding the base of the ladder, which was used by employees to access the roof, was littered with debris from the roof to include lath board with protruding nails.

Issued

Mar 13, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(10): The tops of a non-self-supporting ladder with more than one support attachment were not placed with the two rails supported equally:  Jobsite: The top portions of the side rails of the aluminum extension ladder that was used by the employees did not support equally onto the surface in which it was attached.

Issued

Mar 13, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(15): Ladders were not inspected by a competent person for visible defects on a periodic basis and after an occurrence that could affect their safe use:  Jobsite:  The aluminum extension ladders that were used by employees to gain access to the roof were defective and not safe for use.

Issued

Mar 13, 2017

Abate by

Apr 13, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $2,173

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each employee was trained by a competent person which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairs, and the procedures to follow to minimize those hazards.  Jobsite:  The employees who were using the Werner aluminum extension ladders were not trained by a competent person in the proper procedures to minimize the hazards associated with ladders.