OSHA Inspection: DOMINGOS 54 CONSTRUCTION INC

Issued

Aug 27, 2020

Abate by

Sep 16, 2020

Penalty

Initial $10,390 · Current $10,390

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. The employer fails to ensure effective protection against falls as required by the standard, as demonstrated on or about March 5, 2020, at a new home construction site located at 10813 Applewood Range Way, Tampa, FL, when employees installing sheeting on a roof, without having training on fall protection, are exposed to a fall hazard of 10-feet to ground level. To abate this violation, the employer must ensure that all employees are trained on the use of fall protection when an employee works 6 feet or more above lower levels.   Pursuant to 29 CFR 1903.19, the employer must submit documents describing the measures it is taking to ensure compliance, including an explanation of how these steps protect its employees from falls associated with ladder misuse.

Issued

Aug 27, 2020

Abate by

Sep 16, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,453 · Current $4,453

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize hazards related to ladders and stairways:  a. The employer fails to ensure effective protection against falls from ladders as required by the standard, as demonstrated on or about March 5, 2020, at a new home construction site located at 10813 Applewood Range Way, Tampa, FL, when employees installing sheeting on a roof by accessing the roof with A-frame and extension ladders, without having training on ladder use and safety, are exposed to a fall hazard of 10-feet to ground level. To abate this violation, the employer must ensure that all employees are trained on the safe use of ladders when an employee uses a ladder for access to a higher level.   Pursuant to 29 CFR 1903.19, the employer must submit documents describing the measures it is taking to ensure compliance, including an explanation of how these steps protect its employees from falls associated with ladder misuse.

Issued

Aug 27, 2020

Penalty

Initial $134,937 · Current $134,937

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. The employer fails to ensure effective protection against falls as required by the standard, as demonstrated on or about March 5, 2020, at a new home construction site located at 10813 Applewood Range Way, Tampa, FL, when employees installing sheeting on a roof, without fall protection, are exposed to a fall hazard of 10-feet to ground level. To abate this violation, the employer must ensure that all employees are provided with and utilize fall protection or install a guardrail or safety net system when an employee works 6 feet or more above lower levels.   Pursuant to 29 CFR 1903.19, the employer must submit documents describing the measures it is taking to ensure compliance, including an explanation of how these steps protect its employees from fall hazards.

Issued

Aug 27, 2020

Abate by

Oct 15, 2020

Penalty

Initial $1,485 · Current $1,485

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.29(b)(3): Each recordable injury or illness was not recorded on the OSHA 300 Log and 301 Incident Report within seven (7) calendar days of receiving information that a recordable injury or illness has occurred:   a. At the job site located at 10813 Applewood Range Way, Tampa, FL, the employer did not record a work-related fatality on the OSHA 300 log within 7 days of its occurrence, on or about 12 March 2020.