OSHA Inspection: JESUS CHAVEZ

Issued

Mar 26, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,048 · Current $2,834 Reduced

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):   At the residential construction site located at 1417 N Orchid Ct. in Andover, Kansas;  Employees engaged in residential framing activities,  were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 10 feet from the edge of the roof to the ground below in that fall protection was not provided.

Issued

Mar 26, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,892 · Current $2,024 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(21): Each employee shall use at least one hand to grasp the ladder when progressing up and/or down the ladder.  At the residential construction site located at 1417 N Orchid Ct. in Andover, Kansas; an employee engaged in residential framing activities was exposed to fall hazards of up to approximately 10 feet from the top rung of the portable extension ladder to the ground below.  Employee ascended the ladder to stand on the top rung, preventing employee from grasping the ladder with at least one hand.