OSHA Inspection: CARLOS VEGA-PORTILLO

Issued

2017-07-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-07-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2716.00 · Current $1540.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain a safety program which provides for frequent and regular inspections of jobsites, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent person.    Jobsite: The employer did not conduct frequent and regular inspections of the job site to ensure compliance with fall protection safety, safety glass use and hard hat use.

Issued

2017-07-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-07-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2716.00 · Current $1540.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(f)(1):  The employer did not provide personal protective equipment to each employee required to use the personal protective equipment.    Jobsite:  The employer did not provide Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the employees that were exposed to fall and struck-by hazards.

Issued

2017-07-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-07-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2173.00 · Current $1240.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

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

Issued

2017-07-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-07-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2716.00 · Current $1540.00 Reduced

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.    Jobsite: The employees who were installing asphalt roofing shingles with pneumatic nail guns were not wearing eye protection.

Issued

2017-07-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-07-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $2360.00 Reduced

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 re-roofing the 8 in 12 pitch roof were not protected from fall hazards by the use guardrails, safety nets or personal fall arrest systems.

Issued

2017-07-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2173.00 · Current $1240.00 Reduced

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

2017-07-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(b)(1): The employer did not verify compliance with paragraph (a) of this section by preparing a written (training) certification record including the name or other identity of the employee trained, the date(s) of the training, and the signature of the person who conducted the training or the signature of the employer.  Jobsite:  The employer did not prepare a written certification record for fall protection training.

Issued

2017-07-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-07-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2716.00 · Current $1540.00 Reduced

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:    Jobsite:  The side rails of the extension ladder that was used to gain access to the roof at a height of approximately 19 feet 10 inches above the ground did not extend at least 3 feet above the landing surface.