OSHA Inspection: ARMANDO CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Dec 16, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,313 · Current $2,313

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Employees were not provided with eye and face protection when machines or operations present potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:          a) On or about November 2, 2020, employees were exposed to eye injury while operating pneumatic nail guns without the benefit of eye protection.         No abatement certification or documentation required for this violation.

Issued

Dec 16, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,048 · Current $4,048

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(iii): Each employee on a crawling board (chicken ladder) was not protected by a personal fall arrest system, a guardrail system (with minimum 200 pound toprail capacity), or by a three-fourth inch (1.9 cm) diameter grabline or equivalent handhold securely fastened beside each crawling board:     a) On or about November 2, 2020, employees were exposed to the hazard of falling from a pitched roof while on a crawling board (chicken ladder) located on the roof deck.      No abatement certification or documentation required for this violation.

Issued

Dec 16, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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):        a) On or about November 2, 2020, employees were exposed to the hazard of falling while working from the steep pitched roof of a residential structure having a ground to eave height of approximately 15 feet.        No abatement certification or documentation required for this violation.

Issued

Dec 16, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,892 · Current $2,892

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:       a) On or about November 2, 2020, employees were exposed to the hazard of falling approximately 15 feet where a portable extension ladder did not extend at least 3 feet above the landing surface of the roof deck.         No abatement certification or documentation required for this violation.

Issued

Dec 16, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,048 · Current $4,048

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(22): Employees using ladders were carrying objects or loads that could cause the employee to lose balance and fall:            a) On or about November 2, 2020, employees were exposed to the hazard of falling from elevations up to approximately 15 feet when climbing portable ladders while carrying materials and equipment to a roof deck landing surface.     No abatement certification or documentation required for this violation.