OSHA Inspection: ALFREDO BARTOLO ORTEGA

Issued

Aug 11, 2021

Abate by

Aug 25, 2021

Penalty

Initial $329 · Current $329

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1903.19(c)(1):The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:  a)  The employer failed to certify abatement of Citation 1, Item 1.  b)  The employer failed to certify abatement of Citation 1, Item 2.  c)  The employer failed to certify and document abatement of Citation 1, Item 3.

Issued

Mar 23, 2021

Abate by

Apr 16, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,341 · Current $2,341

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) At the jobsite, employees were exposed to struck-by hazards while working on the ground and other levels of a house without wearing hard hats while employees worked above them.

Issued

Mar 23, 2021

Abate by

Apr 16, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,341 · Current $2,341

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.102(a)(1):  Employees did not use eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:  a) At the jobsite, employees were exposed to struck-by hazards from sawdust and wood chips while using a Makita reciprocating saw without wearing eye protection.   b) At the jobsite, employees were exposed to struck-by hazards from wood chips and nails while using Pneutool nail guns without wearing eye protection.

Issued

Mar 23, 2021

Abate by

Apr 16, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $4,096

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:  (a)  At the jobsite, employees were exposed to fall hazards of 25-feet and greater when they worked from the rafters and framework of a house without using fall protection.

Issued

Mar 23, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,926 · Current $2,926

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 allowed, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:  a) At the jobsite, employees were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 10-feet 4-inches when they used an aluminum extension ladder that was not set three feet above the second floor landing.