OSHA Inspection: LUIS GUALLPA

Issued

Sep 28, 2020

Abate by

Nov 16, 2020

Penalty

Initial $649 · Current $649

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): Within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, the employer must certify to OSHA (the Agency) that each cited violation has been abated, except as provided in paragraph (c)(2) of this section:  a.  The employer did not furnish the abatement required for citations issued within 10 calendar days for Citation 1 Item 2 nor did they respond to the progress report letter sent August 31, 2020.  b.  The employer did not furnish the abatement required for citations issued within 10 calendar days for Citation 2 Item 1 nor did they respond to the progress report letter sent August 31, 2020.  c.  The employer did not furnish the abatement required for citations issued within 10 calendar days for Citation 2 Item 2 nor did they respond to the progress report letter sent August 31, 2020.

Issued

Mar 20, 2018

Penalty

Initial $10,163 · Current $10,163

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:    Roof- On or about September 26, 2017 employees were not protected from a fall hazard while mounting and dismounting an aluminum extension ladder at the roof eave where the ladder was fully extended, did not have a grasping device, and the side rails of the ladder only extended approximately 12 inches above the roof eave.

Issued

Mar 20, 2018

Abate by

Mar 26, 2018

Penalty

Initial $10,163 · Current $10,163

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(21): Employees were not grasping the ladder with at least one hand when progressing up and/or down the ladder:    Site- On or about September 28, 2017 employees were not protected from a fall hazard while ascending an extension ladder where one of the employees' hands were not making contact with the ladder due to carrying tools and equipment and their other hand was letting go of the ladder side rail as they progressed up the ladder.

Issued

Mar 20, 2018

Abate by

Mar 26, 2018

Penalty

Initial $129,336 · Current $129,336

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(11): Each employee on a steep roof with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was not protected from falling by guardrail systems with toeboards, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:    Roof- Employees working from the roof are exposed to a fall of approximately 25 feet where fall protection is not utilized.    The employer routinely fails to assure effective protection against falls as required by the standard, as demonstrated on September 26 and 28, 2017, when employees working from a roof were exposed to a fall of approximately 25 feet where personal fall arrest equipment was not utilized at 300 Daniel Webster Highway, Nashua, NH 03060.    Luis Guallpa dba Guallpa Contracting Corp was previously cited for a willful violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1132899, citation number 2, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on July 27, 2016 with respect to a workplace located at 16 Meadowvale Road, Burlington, MA 01803.    Luis Guallpa dba Guallpa Contracting Corp was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 987146, citation number 1, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on October 21, 2014 with respect to a workplace located at 365 Essex Street, Salem, MA 01757.

Issued

Mar 20, 2018

Abate by

Apr 6, 2018

Penalty

Initial $129,336 · Current $129,336

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:    Roof- Employees exposed to a fall hazard while working from the roof without fall protection are not provided with fall protection training from the employer.    The employer routinely fails to assure effective protection against falls as required by the standard, as demonstrated on September 26, 2017, when employees exposed to a fall hazard are not provided with fall protection training at 300 Daniel Webster Highway, Nashua, NH 03060.    Luis Guallpa dba Guallpa Contracting Corp was previously cited for a willful violation of this occupational safety and health standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1132899, citation number 2, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on July 27, 2016 with respect to a workplace located at 16 Meadowvale Road, Burlington, MA 01803.

Issued

Mar 20, 2018

Penalty

Initial $20,326 · Current $20,326

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    Site- Employees working from the ground are not protected from overhead struck by hazards where head protection is not worn at the site.    The employer routinely fails to assure effective protection against head injury as required by the standard, as demonstrated on September 26 and 28, 2017, when employees were working from the ground, underneath roof eaves, were not protected from overhead struck by hazards where head protection was not worn at 300 Daniel Webster Highway, Nashua, NH 03060.    Luis Guallpa dba Guallpa Contracting Corp was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1132899, citation number 1, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on July 27, 2016 with respect to a workplace located at 16 Meadowvale Road, Burlington, MA 01803.