OSHA Inspection: JOSE RODRIGUEZ

Issued

Oct 7, 2019

Abate by

Oct 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $319 · Current $319

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 September 25, 2019; verification and abatement:  The employer failed to provide verification of abatement for citation 1, item number 1, group a from inspection 1409270 which was issued on July 18, 2019 and had a final contest date of August 19, 2019.  b)  On or about September 25, 2019; verification and abatement:  The employer failed to provide verification of abatement for citation 1, item number 1, group b from inspection 1409270 which was issued on July 18, 2019 and had a final contest date of August 19, 2019.  c)  On or about September 25, 2019; verification and abatement:  The employer failed to provide verification of abatement for citation 1, item number 1, group c from inspection 1409270 which was issued on July 18, 2019 and had a final contest date of August 19, 2019.   d)  On or about September 25, 2019; verification and abatement:  The employer failed to provide verification of abatement for citation 1, item 2,  from inspection 1409270 which was issued on July 18, 2019 and had a final contest date of August 19, 2019.   e)  On or about September 25, 2019; verification and abatement:  The employer failed to provide verification of abatement for citation 2, item number 1, from inspection 1409270 which was issued on July 18, 2019 and had a final contest date of August 19, 2019.  f)  On or about September 25, 2019; verification and abatement:  The employer failed to provide verification of abatement for citation 2, item number 2, from inspection 1409270 which was issued on July 18, 2019 and had a final contest date of August 19, 2019.

Issued

Jul 18, 2019

Abate by

Jul 30, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $2,842

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)  At 2301 Graymoor Lane, Lot 2341 Graymoor at the Preserve (Middle of House), Auburn, Alabama:  On or about June 19, 2019 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to perform framing activities from a job made scaffold with a work platform that measured 16 inches wide exposing his employees to a fall hazard of 22 feet to the concrete floor below.  b)  At 2301 Graymoor Lane, Lot 2341 Graymoor at the Preserve (Right Side of House), Auburn, Alabama:  On or about June 19, 2019 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to perform framing activities from a job made scaffold with a work platform that measured 8 inches wide exposing his employees to a fall hazard of 15.9 feet to the concrete floor below.

Issued

Jul 18, 2019

Abate by

Jul 30, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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)  At 2301 Graymoor Lane, Lot 2341 Graymoor at the Preserve (Middle of House), Auburn, Alabama:  On or about June 19, 2019 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to perform framing activities from a job made scaffold without fall protection exposing his employees to a fall hazard of 22 feet to the concrete floor below.  b)  At 2301 Graymoor Lane, Lot 2341 Graymoor at the Preserve (Right Side of House), Auburn, Alabama:  On or about June 19, 2019 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to perform framing activities from a job made scaffold without fall protection exposing his employees to a fall hazard of 15.9 feet to the concrete floor below.

Issued

Jul 18, 2019

Abate by

Jul 30, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards:  a)  At 2301 Graymoor Lane, Lot 2341 Graymoor at the Preserve, Auburn, Alabama:  On or about June 19, 2019 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to perform framing activities from job made scaffolding without first ensuring his employees were trained on the hazards associated with scaffolds to include but not limited to setting up and disassembling scaffolding exposing his employees to a fall hazard of up to 22 feet to the concrete floor below.

Issued

Jul 18, 2019

Abate by

Jul 30, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $3,978

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)  At 2301 Graymoor Lane, Lot 2341 Graymoor at the Preserve, Auburn, Alabama:  On or about June 19, 2019 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to perform framing activities without first ensuring his employees were trained on the hazards associated with falls to include but not limited to setting up and inspecting without fall protection exposing his employees to a fall hazard of up to 22 feet to the concrete floor below.

Issued

Jul 18, 2019

Abate by

Jul 30, 2019

Penalty

Initial $6,820 · Current $6,820

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical agents:  a)  At 2301 Graymoor Lane, Lot 2341 Graymoor at the Preserve, Auburn, Alabama:  On or about June 19, 2019 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to operate pneumatic nail guns without eye protection exposing his employees to struck-by hazards.   THE JOSE RODRIGUEZ DBA JOSE RODRIGUEZ WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD OR ITS EQUIVALENT STANDARD 29 CFR 1926.102(A)(1) WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER1367269, CITATION NUMBER 1, ITEM NUMBER 1, AND WAS AFFIRMED AS A FINAL ORDER ON FEBRUARY 13, 2019, WITH RESPECT TO A WORKPLACE LOCATED AT LOT 3 TALON COURT, AUBURN, ALABAMA.

Issued

Jul 18, 2019

Abate by

Jul 30, 2019

Penalty

Initial $7,956 · Current $7,956

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)  At 2301 Graymoor Lane, Lot 2341 Graymoor at the Preserve, Auburn, Alabama:  On or about June 19, 2019 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to perform framing activities from the second floor without fall protection exposing his employees to a fall hazard of 11.3 feet to the concrete floor below.  b)  At 2301 Graymoor Lane, Lot 2341 Graymoor at the Preserve, Auburn, Alabama:  On or about June 19, 2019 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to perform framing activities without fall protection from the top of the trusses exposing his employees to a fall hazard of 20 feet to the concrete floor below.  THE JOSE RODRIGUEZ DBA JOSE RODRIGUEZ WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD OR ITS EQUIVALENT STANDARD 29 CFR 1926.501(B)(13) WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER1367269, CITATION NUMBER 1, ITEM NUMBER 2, AND WAS AFFIRMED AS A FINAL ORDER ON FEBRUARY 13, 2019, WITH RESPECT TO A WORKPLACE LOCATED AT LOT 3 TALON COURT, AUBURN, ALABAMA.