OSHA Inspection: ARTURO CASTRO

Issued

Feb 25, 2021

Abate by

Mar 23, 2021

Penalty

Initial $3,511 · Current $3,511

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)   This violation occurred on or about February 23, 2021, at the job-site located at 2117 Callahan Drive, Forney, TX; where employees were roofing a new residential single family house and were exposed to head injuries where overhead hazard exists by not wearing hard hats.

Issued

Feb 25, 2021

Abate by

Mar 23, 2021

Penalty

Initial $3,511 · Current $3,511

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.102(a)(1): Employees were not provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations present potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:  (a) This violation occurred on or about February 23, 2021, at the job-site located at 2117 Callahan Drive, Forney, TX; where employees doing roofing work while using a Hitachi nail gun were did not wear safety glasses and were exposed to eye injuries

Issued

Feb 25, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $4,096

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)   This violation occurred on or about February 23, 2021, at the job-site located at 2117 Callahan Drive, Forney, TX; where employees doing roofing work were exposed to fall hazards.

Issued

Feb 25, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $4,096

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:  (a)	This violation occurred on or about February 23, 2021, at the job-site located at 2117 Callahan Drive, Forney, TX; where employees doing roofing work on a new build single family home and were using extension ladders that did not extend 3-feeet above the landing of the roof. Employees were exposed to a fall hazard.