OSHA Inspection: JOSE PAGUAY CONSTRUCTION

Issued

2019-07-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2273.00 · Current $1364.00 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) Exterior of Building - Front - Ground: Employee without protective helmet, was exposed to head injury while engaged in siding installation activities handing materials to the employee on the scaffold platform above him , on or about 6/6/19.

Issued

2019-07-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2273.00 · Current $1364.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.           a) Exterior of Building - Roof: Employees were exposed to eye injury while engaged in siding installation activities without the use of eye or face protection, on or about 6/6/19.    b) Exterior of Building - Pump Jack Scaffold Platform: Employee was exposed to eye injury while engaged in siding installation activities without the use of eye or face protection, on or about 6/6/19.

Issued

2019-07-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $2387.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.           a) Exterior of Building - Pump Jack Scaffold Platform: Employee was exposed to fall hazards of approximately 14 feet while engaged in siding installation activities from a pump jack scaffold platform without proper fall protection, on or about 6/6/19.

Issued

2019-07-25 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) Exterior of Building - Roof: Employees without any means of fall protection were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 14 feet while engaged in siding activities , on or about 6/6/19.

Issued

2019-07-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $1705.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:      a) Exterior of Building - Roof: Employees engaged in siding activities were utilizing an extension ladder that only extended approximately 1.5 feet over the working level , on or about 6/6/19.

Issued

2019-07-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1705.00 · Current $1023.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladders were used for purposes other than the purposes for which they were designed:      a) Exterior of Building - Roof: Employee engaged in siding activities was utilizing a step ladder in the closed position, on or about 6/6/19.