OSHA Inspection: FLORES FRAMING LLC

Issued

Aug 25, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,049 · 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:    Employees were exposed to fall hazards.  Employees engaged in residential framing, decking the first floor of a new residential construction located at 14771-14863 S. Pflumm Rd., in Olathe, Kansas, were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 11.5 feet.  No fall protection system being provided.

Issued

Aug 25, 2020

Abate by

Sep 21, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,313 · Current $1,272 Reduced

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:    Employees were exposed to fall hazards.  Employees engaged in framing activities, decking the floor of residential construction, were not provided with fall protection training to recognize, evaluate and control the hazards associated with falls, and the use of fall protection to minimize these hazards.