OSHA Inspection: MERLYN AQUILEO ALBERTO MEJIA

Issued

Oct 7, 2019

Abate by

Nov 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $1,705 · Current $1,705

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:  On or about April 18, 2019, at Lot 81, 4305 Bramblett Grove Place, Cumming, Georgia:  An employee performing siding work was exposed to struck-by hazards from falling tools and materials from the employees working above him as he worked beneath employees from the scaffold and porch roof without wearing head protection.

Issued

Oct 7, 2019

Abate by

Nov 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $2,273

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:  On or about April 18, 2019, at Lot 81, 4305 Bramblett Grove Place, Cumming, Georgia:  Five employees performing siding work were exposed to struck-by hazards from siding chips and nails while operating Hitachi MT65M2A2 nail guns without wearing eye protection.

Issued

Oct 7, 2019

Abate by

Nov 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $2,842

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  On or about April 18, 2019, at Lot 81, 4305 Bramblett Grove Place, Cumming, Georgia:  Three employees performing siding work were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 13-22-feet when they worked from a pump jack scaffold that did not have mud sills installed as the scaffold poles were set directly on the ground.

Issued

Oct 7, 2019

Abate by

Nov 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $2,842

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:  On or about April 18, 2019, at Lot 81, 4305 Bramblett Grove Place, Cumming, Georgia:  Three employees performing siding work were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 13-feet to 22-feet when they worked from the work platform of a pump jack scaffold without using fall protection.

Issued

Oct 7, 2019

Abate by

Nov 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $2,842

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2): Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary.  On or about April 18, 2019, at Lot 81, 4305 Bramblett Grove Place, Cumming, Georgia:  Three employees performing siding work were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 13-feet to 22-feet when they worked from a pump jack scaffold that was not secured to the house at the bottom of the scaffold.

Issued

Oct 7, 2019

Abate by

Nov 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $2,842

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):   On or about April 18, 2019, at Lot 81, 4305 Bramblett Grove Place, Cumming, Georgia:  Three employees performing framing work were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 13-feet to greater than 25-feet when they worked from the porch roof and gables of a house without using fall protection.

Issued

Oct 7, 2019

Abate by

Nov 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $2,842

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(6): Unsecured ladder(s) were used on surfaces that were not stable and level:  On or about April 18, 2019, at Lot 81, 4305 Bramblett Grove Place, Cumming, Georgia:  Two employees performing siding work were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 13-22-feet when they used an aluminum extension ladder on a porch roof without securing the ladder to the porch roof to prevent displacement or slipping.