OSHA Inspection: JOSE VASQUEZ

Issued

Aug 22, 2017

Abate by

Sep 6, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $3,803

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):   Employees performing roofing activities were exposed to a fall of approximately 12 feet from eave of roof to the ground below, in that employees were not using fall protection.

Issued

Aug 22, 2017

Abate by

Sep 6, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $3,803

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:  Employees performing roofing activities were exposed to fall hazard in that employees were working at heights greater than 6 feet, employees had not received fall protection training.

Issued

Aug 22, 2017

Abate by

Sep 6, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $3,803

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.    Employees performing roofing work were exposed to fall hazard in that the ladder used to access the roof did not extend 3 feet from the eave of the roof.