OSHA Inspection: OBED GARCIA

Issued

2021-04-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1990.00 · Current $1990.00

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).    On the north side of the construction site, employees engaged in decking work without fall protection were exposed to unprotected fall hazards of approximately 9 feet to the ground below.

Issued

2021-04-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $279.00 · Current $279.00

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.  On the construction site, the employer did not develop or provide fall protection training to the employees engaged in decking work to recognize and eliminate hazards such as fall protection.