OSHA Inspection: PEDRO GONZALO VARGAS JIMENEZ

Issued

2019-03-22 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 02/05/2019 - Lot 149 Roundtable Drive, Huntsville, AL, employee working on the ground handing materials up to employees working at heights were not provided a hard hat to prevent against falling objects.

Issued

2019-03-22 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 02/05/2019 - Lot 149 Roundtable Drive, Huntsville, AL, employees operating pneumatic powered nail gun while performing carpentry work were not provided safety glasses.

Issued

2019-03-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $2387.00 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 02/05/2019 - Lot 149 Roundtable Drive, Huntsville, AL, employees performing carpentry work on the second floor were exposed to a fall hazard in the area where the stair case would be constructed while working at approximately 10 feet above the floor.

Issued

2019-03-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-04-03 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 02/05/2019 - Lot 149 Roundtable Drive, Huntsville, AL, employees working exposed to a 10-foot fall were unaware of the hazard of falling.

Issued

2019-03-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $2387.00 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 02/05/2019 - Lot 149 Round Table Drive, Huntsville, AL, employee utilizing a Werner aluminum extension ladder did not have the ladder extended 3 rungs above the landing surface.    b) On or about 02/05/2019 - Lot 149 Round Table Drive, Huntsville, AL, an employee utilized a 6-foot folding ladder to egress a 10-foot area on the second floor.

Issued

2019-03-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-04-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $2387.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders as necessary, enabling each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.    a) On or about 02/05/2019 - 149 Round Table Drive, Huntsville, AL, employees utilizing an extension ladder that is setup improperly were unaware of the hazards.    b) On or about 02/05/2019 - 149 Round Table Drive, Huntsville, AL, an employee working in the home on the second floor utilized a 6-foot folding ladder to egress the second floor that was 10-foot in height.