OSHA Inspection: VICTOR ABRAHAM MARTINEZ GARCIA

Issued

Aug 28, 2019

Abate by

Sep 10, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,410 · Current $2,046 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 3/13/2019 - 1601 Chateau Crest Ln, Vestavia Hills, AL, protective helmets were not used to protect employees from falling or flying objects such a hammers or a portable circular saw when working underneath in close proximity to employees on a make-shift, double-pole wood scaffold that were hammering and sawing.

Issued

Aug 28, 2019

Abate by

Sep 10, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,410 · Current $2,046 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(b)(1): Employer did not ensure that electrical equipment is free from recognized hazards that are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees:    (a) On or about 3/13/2019 - 1601 Chateau Crest Ln, Vestavia Hills, AL, the four-outlet, plastic receptacle box was cracked and broken.

Issued

Aug 28, 2019

Abate by

Sep 10, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(b)(1)(i): Safety of equipment was not determined on the basis of suitability of the equipment for an identified purpose as evidenced by listing, labeling, or certification for that identified purpose:  (a) On or about 3/13/2019 - 1601 Chateau Crest Ln, Vestavia Hills, AL, the four-outlet, plastic receptacle box was laying on the ground and not suitable for that use.

Issued

Aug 28, 2019

Abate by

Sep 10, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,410 · Current $2,046 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(b)(2): In energized installations, each outlet box did not have a cover, faceplate, or fixture canopy:    (a) On or about 3/13/2019 - 1601 Chateau Crest Ln, Vestavia Hills, AL, the cover was missing on the four-outlet, plastic receptacle box.

Issued

Aug 28, 2019

Abate by

Sep 10, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,410 · Current $2,046 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(g)(2)(iii): Flexible cords were not used in continuous lengths without splice or tap:    (a) On or about 3/13/2019 - 1601 Chateau Crest Ln, Vestavia Hills, AL, the flexible cord used from the temporary power panel to the four-outlet, plastic receptacle box was spliced.

Issued

Aug 28, 2019

Abate by

Sep 10, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $2,387 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Except as provided in paragraphs (b)(2)(i) and (b)(2)(ii) of this section, each scaffold platform and/or walkway was not at least 18 inches (46 cm) wide:    (a) On or about 3/13/2019 - 1601 Chateau Crest Ln, Vestavia Hills, AL, employees were performing pitch roof framing operations from a scaffold platform that was approximately 12 inches wide.

Issued

Aug 28, 2019

Abate by

Sep 10, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $2,387 Reduced

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.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access:    (a) On or about 3/13/2019 - 1601 Chateau Crest Ln, Vestavia Hills, AL, employees were exposed to fall hazards approximately 20 feet to the wooden second floor while climbing the make-shift, double-pole, wooden scaffold and framing.

Issued

Aug 28, 2019

Abate by

Sep 10, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $2,387 Reduced

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) On or about 3/13/2019 - 1601 Chateau Crest Ln, Vestavia Hills, AL, two employees were not protected from falling approximately 20 feet while performing pitch roof framing operations from a make-shift, double-pole wooden scaffold.

Issued

Aug 28, 2019

Abate by

Sep 10, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,410 · Current $2,046 Reduced

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 systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b), nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:     (a) On or about 3/13/2019 - 1601 Chateau Crest Ln, Vestavia Hills, AL, employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 10.5 feet while working from the attic floor joist that was not decked to assist employees working from a make-shift, double-pole wooden scaffold above them.