OSHA Inspection: LUIS MENDOZA LOPEZ

Issued

Mar 16, 2020

Penalty

Initial $1,966 · Current $1,966

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system.  Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width, each employee was not protected by use of a monitoring system.    On the east side of the commercial building, employees engaged in roofing work were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 13 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Mar 16, 2020

Penalty

Initial $1,475 · Current $1,475

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 the east side of the commercial building, employees using an extension ladder that was not extended three feet above the roof edge exposed employees to potential falls.