OSHA Inspection: JUAN JOSE FIGUEROA

Issued

2019-10-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $900.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii): The end of a platform greater than 10 feet in length extended over its support more than 18 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilivered end:    a) West side of home, on or about 7-31-19:  Employees were working on a pick scaffold platform while it was cantilevered/extended 6 feet beyond its support, exposing the employees to a fall hazard of 23 feet.

Issued

2019-10-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) West side of home, on or about 7-31-19:  Employees were working on a pick scaffold platform without fall protection, exposing the employees to a fall hazard of 23 feet.

Issued

2019-10-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(k)(1): Ladder jack platforms exceeded a height of 20 feet (6.1 m):    a) West side of home, on or about 7-31-19:  Employees were working on a pick scaffold platform on a ladder jack scaffold system was greater than the maximum 20 feet, in that it was erected at an elevation of 23 feet above grade.

Issued

2019-10-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $800.00 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) West side of roof, on or about 7-31-19:  Employees were working on a sloped roof (8:12 pitch) and were not protected from falls, exposing the employees to a fall hazard of 23 feet to the ground below.

Issued

2019-10-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) Entire roof and scaffold platform, on or about 7-31-19:  Three employees were performing roofing work from the roof (8:12 pitch) and from a pick platform, without the training necessary for the employees to recognize the hazards associated with falls and their work, exposing the employees to a fall hazard of between 23 feet and 26 feet.     ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM

Issued

2019-10-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:    a) West side of home, on or about 7-30-19:  Three employees used a portable aluminum extension ladder for access to a roof surface, with side rails that were 18 inches above the landing surface, exposing the employees to a fall hazard of  26 feet.