OSHA Inspection: EDGAR RODRIQUEZ

Issued

2019-03-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-03-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1705.00 · Current $1023.00 Reduced

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:    a) On or about 02/01/2019 - 1335 Greenbrier Dear Road, Anniston, AL, employees working on the ground were not provided a hard hat, and were exposed to being struck by overhead materials and equipment while working 30 feet beneath employees that were cleaning a roof.

Issued

2019-03-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1705.00 · Current $1023.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Employees were not provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:    a) On or about 02/01/2019 - 1335 Greenbrier Dear Road, Anniston, AL, employees operating pneumatic nail guns to install new roofing shingles to the plywood decking were not provided safety glasses.

Issued

2019-03-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $2387.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system.  Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width, each employee was not protected by use of a monitoring system:        a) On or about 02/01/2019 - 1335 Greenbrier Dear Road, Anniston, AL, employees removing and installing roofing materials on a low sloped roofing system (4:12) at approximately 24 feet above the ground were unprotected from falls.

Issued

2019-03-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  a) On or about 02/01/2019 - 1335 Greenbrier Dear Road, Anniston, AL, employees removing and installing roofing materials at approximately 12 feet above the ground on a steep sloped (10:12) roofing system were unprotected from falls.

Issued

2019-03-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-04-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $1705.00 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:    a) On or about 02/01/2019 - 1335 Greenbrier Dear Road, Anniston, AL, employees removing and installing roofing materials on a steep sloped roofing system (7:12) at approximately 24 feet above the ground were unaware of the hazards of falling.

Issued

2019-03-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $1705.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:    a) On or about 02/01/2019 - 1335 Greenbrier Dear Road, Anniston, AL, employees used Werner aluminum extension ladders to access a landing surface at approximately 24 feet above the ground without having the ladder extended three (3) rungs above the surface.

Issued

2019-03-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-04-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $1705.00 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.    a) On or about 02/01/2019 - 1335 Greenbrier Dear Road, Anniston, AL, employees utilizing a Werner aluminum extension ladder that was extended 24 feet above the ground for employees to gain access to the roofing system were unaware of how to properly set up a ladder and the hazards associated with incorrect setup.