OSHA Inspection: TORRES CONCRETE AND MORE, LLC

Issued

2019-09-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $319.00 · Current $319.00

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:  (a) On or about 09/09/2019, the employer failed to submit certification of corrective action for citation #1, item #3b issued on 05/24/2019 with an abatement due date of 06/06/2019.  (b) On or about 09/09/2019, the employer failed to submit certification of corrective action for citation #2, item #1 issued on 05/24/2019 with an abatement due date of 07/01/2019.

Issued

2019-05-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2273.00 · Current $2273.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(4)(ii): The point of operation of machine(s) whose operation exposed an employee to injury was not guarded:  (a) On or about 02/27/19 - 133 Bayard Place, Lot #17, Madison, Alabama, employees were cutting brick with a DeWalt chop saw where the guard was not being properly utilized.

Issued

2019-05-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2273.00 · Current $2273.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section:  (a) On or about 02/27/19 - 133 Bayard Place, Lot #17, Madison, Alabama, employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 11 feet while climbing on the edge of the scaffold to access the roof.

Issued

2019-05-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3410.00 · Current $3410.00

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) On or about 02/27/19 - 133 Bayard Place, Lot #17, Madison, Alabama, employees installing brick from the roof porch were exposed to falls of approximately 11 feet.

Issued

2019-05-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-06-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) On or about 02/27/19 - 133 Bayard Place, Lot #17, Madison, Alabama, employees engaged in roofing activities had not been trained.

Issued

2019-05-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-07-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met: (Construction Reference: 1926.59):  (a) On or about 02/27/19 - 133 Bayard Place, Lot #17, Madison, Alabama, a written hazard communication program had not been developed and implemented for employees mixing cement.