OSHA Inspection: GASPARD MORGAN CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

Oct 25, 2019

Abate by

Sep 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $1,137 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Employees were not provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations present potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:      On or about October 1, 2019, and at times prior thereto, at a commercial construction jobsite, employees engaged in roofing activity using a tile saw for cutting tile plates, were not provided eye and face protection.  The employees were exposed to struck-by and eye injuries.

Issued

Oct 25, 2019

Abate by

Nov 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $2,652 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(11): Each employee on a steep roof with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was not protected from falling by guardrail systems with toeboards, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.      On or about October 1, 2019, and at times prior there to, the employees working on a steep roof with unprotected sides and edges 6-feet or more above lower levels were not protected from falling at the east end of the newly constructed medical complex, employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 22-feet to the ground below.

Issued

Oct 25, 2019

Abate by

Sep 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $3,031 · Current $1,516 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.    On or about October 1, 2019, and at times prior thereto, employees performing roofing activity were exposed to fall hazards while ascending or descending from the roof due to an extension ladder that was not 3 feet above the landing.