OSHA Inspection: JOSE GOMEZ REYES

Issued

2020-01-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-01-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $3978.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.95(a): Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, were not provided:  On September 17, 2019, and at times prior thereto, at the jobsite, employees were mixing and applying Portland Cement, without the use of personal protective equipment to protect extremities from skin irritations.

Issued

2020-01-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-01-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  On September 17, 2019, and at times prior thereto, at the job site, the employer did not ensure that employees performing masonry activities below a scaffold at ground level where overhead hazards existed were protected by hardhats from impact of falling bundles of brick.

Issued

2020-01-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-01-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(c): Employees who used hand and power tools and were exposed to the hazard of falling, flying, abrasive, and splashing objects, or exposed to harmful dusts, fumes, mists, vapors, or gases were not provided with the particular personal protective equipment necessary to protect them from the hazard:  On September 17, 2019, and at times prior thereto, outdoors in the front yard, the employer did not ensure that employee(s) exposed to the hazards of flying brick chips, while cutting bricks, were provided safety spectacles with unperforated sideshields.

Issued

2020-01-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $2842.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(c)(1): For each employee engaged in a task identified on Table 1, the employer did not fully and properly implement the engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection specified for the task on Table 1, unless the employer assesses and limits the exposure of the employee to respirable crystalline silica in accordance with paragraph (d) of this section:               On September 17, 2019, and at times prior thereto, at garage opening, an employee was permitted to perform outdoor brick cutting operations with a handheld masonry saw without using an integrated water delivery system that continuously feeds water to the blade found as a control in Table 1.

Issued

2020-01-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-01-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(d)(2)(i): The employer did not assess the exposure of each employee who was or may reasonably be expected to be exposed to respirable crystalline silica at or above the action level in accordance with either the performance option in paragraph (d)(2)(ii) or the scheduled monitoring option in paragraph (d)(2)(iii) of this section:  On September 17, 2019, and times prior thereto, at the jobsite, employees were exposed to fine airborne respirable crystalline silica dust, while being permitted to perform outdoor brick cutting operations with a handheld masonry saw, without using an integrated water delivery system that continuously feeds water to the blade.

Issued

2020-01-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-01-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(g)(1): The employer did not establish and implement a written exposure control plan that contained at least the elements of paragraph(s) 1926.1153(g)(1)(I) through (iv):   On September 17, 2019, and at times prior thereto, the employer did not formulate a plan to describe the workplace tasks that involve exposure to respirable crystalline silica, a description of the engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection used to limit employee exposure; and the procedures used to restrict access to work areas when necessary.

Issued

2020-01-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-01-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(i)(1): The employer did not ensure that each employee is trained in accordance with the provisions of HCS and paragraph (i)(2) of this section:   On September 17, 2019, and at times prior thereto, employees performing brick cutting and Portland cement mixing tasks, were not made aware of the health hazards,  engineering controls, work practices, and personal protective equipment needed to protect them from exposure to respirable crystalline silica.