OSHA Inspection: JOSE VALDEZ

Issued

Oct 12, 2020

Abate by

Nov 9, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,313 · Current $2,313

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns.   At the jobsite, employees were not wearing hardhats while working below other employees that were decking a residential house, exposing employees to struck-by hazards from falling objects.

Issued

Oct 12, 2020

Abate by

Nov 9, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,048 · Current $4,048

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13):  Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest system.  At the jobsite, employees performing decking activities on the roof were not provided fall protection and exposed to an unprotected fall hazard at a height of over 6 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Oct 12, 2020

Abate by

Nov 9, 2020

Penalty

Initial $1,735 · Current $1,735

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:  At the jobsite, employees performing decking activities were not provided fall protection.  The employer did not provide a training program with hazard recognition and avoidance training where part of the job is to be exposed to fall hazards at a heights over 6 feet to the ground below.