OSHA Inspection: JOSE SABAS

Issued

2020-09-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-10-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2892.00 · Current $1735.00 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).  On or about August 28, 2020, at the residential construction site located on 4414 Low Meadow Ln in Kay, TX, where employees were exposed to a fall hazard greater than 6 feet when performing roofing work on the roof of a one-story house without a fall protection system.

Issued

2020-09-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-10-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2892.00 · Current $1735.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where (a) portable ladder(s) was/were used for access to an upper level landing surface and the ladder's length did not allow the ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed, the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and/or a grasping device was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder.  On or about August 28, 2020, on the west side of the residential construction site located at 4414 Low Meadow Ln, in Katy, TX, where employees were exposed to a fall hazard when using an extension ladder to access a roof without extending the ladder side rails at least three feet above the roof landing.