OSHA Inspection: ORTEGA HOMES, INC.

Issued

Jul 25, 2018

Abate by

Jul 31, 2018

Penalty

Initial $311 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:         Ortega Homes, Inc. failed to certify to OSHA within 10 calendar days after the abatement date that each of the following cited violations had been corrected:        Citation Number         Item Number                Abatement Date  02                             01                               04/10/2018    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF THE CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

Mar 15, 2018

Abate by

Mar 21, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,439 · Current $1,540 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Employees were not provided with eye and face protection when machines or operations present potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:                a) On or about February 14, 2018, employees were exposed to eye injury while operating pneumatic nail guns without the benefit of eye protection.               In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

Mar 15, 2018

Abate by

Mar 21, 2018

Penalty

Initial $4,268 · Current $2,650 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):                   a) On or about February 14, 2018, employees were exposed to the hazard of falling approximately 11 feet from the edge of an interior second story floor where fall protection was not provided.        b) On or about February 14, 2018, employees were exposed to the hazard of falling approximately 10 feet into an exterior foundation wall pit/well where fall protection was not provided.       In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be included with your certification.  This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of the equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement, or other written records.

Issued

Mar 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,658 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(16)(iii): Personal fall arrest systems, when stopping a fall, were not rigged such that an employee could not free fall more than 6 feet (1.8 m) nor contact any lower level:               a) On or about February 14, 2018, employees were exposed to the hazard of free falling more than 6 feet and contacting lower levels while using personal fall arrest systems that were not rigged to prevent these hazards.             No abatement certification or documentation required for this violation.

Issued

Mar 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(6)(i): Snap hooks were engaged directly to webbing, rope or wire rope when not designed for such connections:              a) On or about February 14, 2018, snaphooks used as part of personal fall arrest systems were engaged directly to lifeline ropes when not designed for such connections.          No abatement certification or documentation required for this violation.

Issued

Mar 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,439 · Current $1,540 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)(ii): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with a stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge:         a) On or about February 14, 2018, employees were exposed to fall hazards where a stairway from the main level of the building to the second story was not equipped with a stairrail system along its unprotected sides or edges.         No abatement certification or documentation required for this violation.

Issued

Mar 15, 2018

Abate by

Mar 21, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,658 · Current $2,270 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13): The top or top step of a stepladder was used as a step:          a) On or about February 14, 2018, employees were exposed to the hazard of falling where the top of a step ladder was used as a step to access and egress an upper deck/landing surface of the building.         No abatement certification or documentation required for this violation.

Issued

Mar 15, 2018

Abate by

May 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(b)(1): The employer did not verify fall protection training by preparing a written certification record:          a) On or about February 14, 2018, the employer did not prepare written certification records related to employee fall protection training.            In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).