OSHA Inspection: ROBERTO CARLOS RAMIREZ

Issued

2018-06-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $3880.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii): The end of a platform greater than 10 feet in length extended over its support more than 18 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilivered end:    a)  At 2187 Watts Way, Auburn, Alabama:  On or about June 14, 2018 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to work from pump jack scaffold with its platform end extended approximately ten feet over its support on one side exposing the to a fall hazard of up to 17.4 feet to the ground below.  b)  At 2187 Watts Way, Auburn, Alabama:  On or about June 14, 2018 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to work from ladder jack scaffold with its platform end extended approximately five feet over its supports on both sides exposing the to a fall hazard of up to 20 feet to the ground below.

Issued

2018-06-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $3880.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used:  a)  At 2187 Watts Way, Auburn, Alabama:  On or about June 14, 2018 and at times prior; the employer exposed his employees to a fall hazard in that he failed to provide employees with a ladder to access the working platform of a ladder jack scaffold exposing them to a fall hazard of 20 feet to the ground below.

Issued

2018-06-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $3880.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:  a)  At 2187 Watts Way, Auburn, Alabama:  On or about June 14, 2018 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to work from pump jack scaffolds without fall protection exposing the to a fall hazard of up to 17.4 feet to the ground below.  b)  At 2187 Watts Way, Auburn, Alabama:  On or about June 14, 2018 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to work from ladder jack scaffolds without fall protection exposing the to a fall hazard of up to 20 feet to the ground below.

Issued

2018-06-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $3880.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.  a)  At 2187 Watts Way, Auburn, Alabama:  On or about June 14, 2018 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to install siding while working from a ladder jack and a pump jack scaffold without first ensuring his employees were trained on scaffolds to include but not limited to setting up and inspecting scaffolds exposing his employees to a fall hazard of up to 20 feet to the ground below.

Issued

2018-06-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3326.00 · Current $3326.00

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)  At 2187 Watts Way, Auburn, Alabama:  On or about June 14, 2018 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to install siding while standing on a high slope roof without fall protection exposing his employees to a fall hazard of up to 10.7 feet to the ground below.

Issued

2018-06-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3326.00 · Current $3326.00

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)  At 2187 Watts Way, Auburn, Alabama:  On or about June 14, 2018 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to install siding while standing on a high slope roof without first ensuring his employees were trained on fall hazards to include but not limited to installing and inspecting fall protection exposing his employees to a fall hazard of 10.7 feet to the ground below.