OSHA Inspection: JOSE HERNANDEZ

Issued

Apr 19, 2021

Abate by

May 13, 2021

Penalty

Initial $1,755 · Current $1,053 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:  (a) On or about February 4, 2021, employees working at ground level at the jobsite were exposed to falling and flying objects. Employees were not wearing protective helmets.

Issued

Apr 19, 2021

Abate by

May 13, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,341 · Current $1,405 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Employees were not provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:  (a) On or about February 4, 2021  employees were performing framing operations and used pneumatic nail guns without the use of protective eyewear. Employees were  exposed to  eye and face injuries.

Issued

Apr 19, 2021

Abate by

May 13, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $2,458 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m)  or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501(b), nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:    (a) On or about February 4, 2021, employees engaged in framing operations and were exposed to the hazard of falling 12-feet to the ground below.

Issued

Apr 19, 2021

Abate by

May 13, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards:  (a) On or about February 4, 2021 employees were performing framing operations at the jobsite and were exposed to the hazard of falling 12-feet to the ground below.

Issued

Apr 19, 2021

Abate by

May 13, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.503(b)(1):The employer did not verify compliance with paragraph (a) of this section by preparing a written (training) certification record including the name or other identity of the employee trained, the date(s) of the training, and the signature of the person who conducted the training or the signature of the employer:  (a) On or about February 4, 2021 employees were performing framing operations at the jobsite and were exposed to the hazard of falling 12-feet to the ground below, and the employer did not have a written training certification record.

Issued

Apr 19, 2021

Abate by

May 13, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,341 · Current $1,405 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1052(c)(1)(i): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), were not equipped with at least one handrail:  (a) On or about February 4, 2021, on the staircase of the residential home, the employer did not ensure that stairways having four or more risers rising more than 30 inches were equipped with a stair rail system along each unprotected side or edge to protect employees from falling approximately 9-feet to the concrete floor below.