OSHA Inspection: RENE ALBERTO VELA

Issued

Apr 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $1,966 · Current $1,966

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).    On the west side of the residential home, employees engaged in roofing work without fall protection were exposed to unprotected fall hazards of approximately 13 feet to the lower level.

Issued

Apr 30, 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 west side of the residential home, employees using an extension ladder that did not have the side rails extended three feet over the upper landing surface were exposed to potential fall hazards greater than six feet.

Issued

Apr 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $276 · Current $276

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.   On the west side of the residential home, the employer did not develop or provide a training program to employees engaged in roofing work to recognize and eliminate hazards such as fall protection.