OSHA Inspection: ORTEGA CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

Issued

Jun 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $3,803

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:    a.  On or about May 17, 2017, at the above addressed jobsite, employees performing residential roofing operations on a roof, thirteen (13) feet five (5) inches above the ground, were not protected from falls, thereby exposing employees to fall hazards.

Issued

Jun 15, 2017

Abate by

Jun 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,630 · Current $1,630

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:  a.  On or about May 17, 2017, at the above addressed jobsite, employees conducting roofing operations were not provided training on how to minimize fall protection hazards, thereby exposing employees to the hazards associated with falls.