OSHA Inspection: APOLINAR SALGADO

Issued

Jul 22, 2020

Abate by

Aug 12, 2020

Penalty

Initial $325 · Current $325

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:   a)  The employer failed to submit certification of abatement within 10 calendar days of the abatement date for Citation 1 Item 2b and Citation 1 Item 3.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED PER 29 CFR 1903.19(c).

Issued

Jul 22, 2020

Abate by

Aug 12, 2020

Penalty

Initial $325 · Current $325

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1): The employer did not submit to the Agency documents demonstrating that abatement is complete for each willful or repeat violation and for any serious violation for which the Agency indicates in the citation that such abatement documentation is required.   The employer failed to submit documentation of abatement within 10 days of the abatement date for Citation 1 Item 1.

Issued

Nov 27, 2019

Abate by

Dec 6, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $2,254 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m)  or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b), nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:     On or about November 5, 2019, employees performing tear-off on an apartment complex rooftop at a height greater than six feet were doing so without fall protection.

Issued

Nov 27, 2019

Abate by

Dec 12, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $2,254 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(2)(viii): The employer did not assure that each employee had been trained by a competent person qualified in the standards contained in subpart M:    On or about November 5, 2019, the employees on site were not familiar with the OSHA fall protection standards and the requirements held within.

Issued

Nov 27, 2019

Abate by

Dec 6, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $2,255 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 November 5, 2019, to access the working level, employees were utilizing a portable metal extension ladder that was not extended three feet above the landing surface.