OSHA Inspection: JOSE HERNANDEZ

Issued

Feb 14, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,847 · Current $1,847

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.   On the south side of the construction site, employees performing cornice activities without fall protection were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 30 feet.

Issued

Feb 14, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,385 · Current $1,385

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(c): When the employer has reason to believe that any affected employee who has already been trained does not have the understanding and skill required by paragraph (a) of this section, the employer is to retrain each such employee such as inadequacies in an affected employee's knowledge or use of fall protection systems or equipment indicate that the employee has not retained the requisite understanding of skill.   On the south side of the construction site, employees performing cornice activities without fall protection while previously trained showed inadequacy of the use of fall protective systems were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 30 feet.