OSHA Inspection: PEDRO RAFAEL

Issued

2019-02-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-03-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $319.00 · Current $319.00

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 failed to certify that Citation 1, Item 1, issued on 11/01/2018 with an abatement date of 11/29/2018 had been abated.  (b) The employer failed to certify that Citation 1, Item 2, issued on 11/01/2018 with an abatement date of 11/29/2018 had been abated.    (c) The employer failed to certify that Citation 1, Item 3,  issued on 11/01/2018 with an abatement date of 11/29/2018 had  been abated.  (e) The employer failed to certify that Citation 1, Item 5,  issued on 11/01/2018 with an abatement date of 11/29/2018 had  been abated.

Issued

2018-11-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-11-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $3880.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(2): The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses eye protection that provides side protection when there is a hazard from flying objects.  The employer is failing to ensure that all employees are protected from being injured with flying objects (e.g., nails, debris) while operating pneumatic nail guns. This most recently occurred on October 17, 2018 on the jobsite located at 12510 35th Street, Bellevue, NE 68123.  Employees were working on the roof of residential structure, operating pneumatic nail guns without the use of appropriate eye protection devices.

Issued

2018-11-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-11-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $3880.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor was employee provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501(b):  The employer is failing to ensure that all employees are protected from fall hazards when performing roofing operations. This most recently occurred on October 17, 2018 on the jobsite located at 12510 35th Street, Bellevue, NE 68123.  Employees were working on the roof of a house without: (a) wearing harnesses, (b) being connected to any lanyard or ropes, and (C) using anchors attached to the roof itself. Employees were exposed to falls of over 7' 4" to the concrete driveway below.  The roof pitches of this structure were greater than 4 in 12. Specifically, the roof pitch of the upper level was approximately 12 in 12 and the roof pitch of the lower level was approximately 4 in 12. Therefore, all roofers are required to use fall protection equipment while working on those levels.

Issued

2018-11-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-11-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $3880.00

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.  The employer is failing to provide employees with adequate and effective fall protection training prior to allowing them to work on a residential style roof. This most recently occurred on October 17, 2018 on the jobsite located at 12510 35th Street, Bellevue, NE 68123. This training would allow each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and allow them to understand the proper procedure to be followed in order to minimize these hazards.

Issued

2018-11-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $3880.00

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 employer is failing to ensure that all employees are protected from fall hazards when entering and exiting the landing surface of a residential roof. This most recently occurred on October 17, 2018 on the jobsite located at 12510 35th Street, Bellevue, NE 68123. The owner and seven employees were using two twenty-eight foot extension ladders (one aluminum and one fiberglass) to enter and exit the roof. While the aluminum one was properly set up, the fiberglass ladder did not have the side rails extended to at least three feet above the landing surface on the edge of the lower level of the roof. Ladder was actually extended to two feet above the eve only.

Issued

2018-11-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-11-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $3880.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer shall provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary. The program shall enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways, and shall train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.   The employer is failing to train employees to recognized fall hazards associated with the proper use and placement of ladders.  This most recently occurred on October 17, 2018 on the jobsite located at 12510 35th Street, Bellevue, NE 68123.  The employer had untrained employees using an unsecured extension ladder that was placed on an uneven surface as a means to access and egress the commercial roof which has an eave to ground height of approximately 7 feet 4 inches.