OSHA Inspection: RAUL VELAZQUEZ

Issued

Oct 20, 2017

Abate by

Nov 8, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $1,304 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical agents.     Employees performing framing work were exposed to struck-by hazards while operating pneumatic nail guns without eye protection.

Issued

Oct 20, 2017

Abate by

Nov 16, 2017

Penalty

Initial $5,070 · Current $3,042 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).    Employees performing framing work without fall protection were exposed to fall hazards in excess of six feet.

Issued

Oct 20, 2017

Abate by

Nov 16, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,897 · Current $0 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:    Employees had not been trained to recognize hazards related to falls and the procedures to follow that would minimize those hazards while performing roofing work, at a height of over 6 feet, without fall protection.

Issued

Oct 20, 2017

Abate by

Nov 16, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,897 · Current $1,738 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13): The top or top step of a stepladder was used as a step:    Employees performing framing work were the top step of a Werner ladder to gain access to the upper areas and exposed to an unprotected fall to the concrete below.

Issued

Oct 20, 2017

Abate by

Nov 16, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.    Employees using ladders to perform framing work had not been trained to recognize hazards related to ladders and the procedures to follow that would minimize the hazards.