OSHA Inspection: CHILO GARCIA

Issued

2017-10-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3259.00 · Current $3259.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Employees were not provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:  (a) On or about 7/272017 - at 782 Heatherwood Dr., Birmingham, AL 35244, eye protection was not used when an employee was operating a Hitachi NV 45AB2 1 34" Coil Nailer to nail shingles.

Issued

2017-10-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $3803.00

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 7/272017 - at 782 Heatherwood Dr., Birmingham, AL, employees were exposed to fall hazards up to approximately 27 feet above ground level while installing shingles and ridge caps on a roof with a 9:12 pitch.

Issued

2017-10-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-25 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 7/27/2017 - at 782 Heatherwood Dr., Birmingham, AL,  the employer did not train each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and how to minimize these hazards when working at heights greater than 6 feet above the ground level.

Issued

2017-10-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2716.00 · Current $2716.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where (a) portable ladder(s) was/were used for access to an upper level landing surface and the ladder's length did not allow the ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed, the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and/or a grasping device was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder:  a) On or about 7/27/2017 - at 782 Heatherwood Dr., Birmingham, AL, an aluminum ladder used to access the roof was not extended at least 3-feet above the upper landing surface, was not secured to a rigid support, and/or a grasping device was not provided.