OSHA Inspection: FRANCISCO HERNANDEZ

Issued

Jul 29, 2019

Abate by

Aug 26, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $2,273

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns.   At the jobsite, employees were not wearing hardhats while working below other employees that were framing a two story residential house, exposing employees to struck-by hazards from falling objects.

Issued

Jul 29, 2019

Abate by

Aug 26, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $2,273

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, chemical, or radiation agents.   At the jobsite, employees operating Hitachi nail guns while performing framing activities were not wearing eye protection, exposing employees to the hazard of being struck by flying objects.

Issued

Jul 29, 2019

Abate by

Aug 26, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,410 · Current $3,410

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(f)(6): Grounding path. The path to ground from circuits, equipment, and enclosures shall be permanent and continuous.   At the jobsite, the ground prong was missing off the yellow extension cord supplying power to the Dewalt saw, exposing employees to the hazard of electical shock.

Issued

Jul 29, 2019

Abate by

Aug 26, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $3,978

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.    At the jobsite, employees engaged in framing activities at a height of over 6 feet were not protected by a fall arrest system. Employees were exposed to an unprotected fall of over 25 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Jul 29, 2019

Abate by

Aug 26, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $2,273

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with at least one handrail and one stair rail system along each unprotected side or edge:    At the jobsite, the stairs leading to the second floor were not equipped with handrails, exposing employees to the hazard of falling.