OSHA Inspection: PABLO MORENO

Issued

2017-07-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $2282.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(iv): Front-end loaders and similar pieces of equipment were used to support scaffold platforms when they were not specifically designed by the manufacturer for such use:    (a) On or about 5/11/2017 - 222 Green Springs Highway, Hoover, AL, employees were using a job-made garbage bin fork attachment resting on the forks of a JCB 507-42 Telescopic Material Handler to access the roof of a commercial shopping center exposing them to falls of approximately 19 feet.

Issued

2017-07-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section:  (a) On or about 5/11/2017 - 222 Green Springs Highway, Hoover, AL, employees were using a job-made garbage bin fork attachment resting on the forks of a JCB 507-42 Telescopic Material Handler to access the roof of a commercial shopping center that was not equipped with a guardrail along the front side exposing employees to falls of approximately 19 feet.

Issued

2017-07-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $2282.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system.  Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width, each employee was not protected by use of a monitoring system:    (a) On or about 5/11/2017 - 222 Green Springs Highway, Hoover, AL, employees working on two different buildings at the roof edge while installing rubber compound were not protected from falls of approximately 19 feet.

Issued

2017-07-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 5/11/2017 - 222 Green Springs Highway, Hoover, AL, employees installing rubber compound over the parapet edge on two separate flat roofs had not been trained.