OSHA Inspection: TOMAS MORENO-SANCHEZ

Issued

2017-04-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-04-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2173.00 · Current $1087.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:  a) At the Catalon Site, building 3, employees working near the edge of a roof at 6 feet or more above a lower level were not instructed in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions, exposing employees to fall hazards.  b) At the Catalon Site, building 3, an employee working from a ladder to paint a second story elevation was not instructed in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions, exposing employees to fall hazards.

Issued

2017-04-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-04-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2173.00 · Current $1087.00 Reduced

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:  a)  At the Catalon Site, building 3, employees working on a roof more than 6 feet above a lower level were not protected by guardrail, safety net or personal fall arrest systems, exposing them to a fall hazard.

Issued

2017-04-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-04-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2173.00 · Current $1087.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(5)(i): Non-self-supporting ladders were not used at an angle such than the horizontal distance from the top support to the foot of the ladder was approximately one-quarter of the working length of the ladder (the distance along the ladder between the foot and the top support):  a) At the Catalon Site, building 2, painters used a ladder at an angle such that the foot of the ladder was at a distance exceeding one quarter the working length from the top support to foot, exposing employees to a fall hazard.