OSHA Inspection: OSVALDO ZAVALA

Issued

Sep 3, 2021

Abate by

Sep 30, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,341 · Current $2,341

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:   At the construction site located at 507 NE 107th St. in Kansas City, Missouri:  Employees were exposed to fall hazards.  The employer did not establish and implement an accident prevention program where employees were exposed to fall hazards.

Issued

Sep 3, 2021

Penalty

Initial $3,511 · Current $3,511

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:  At the residential construction site located at 507 NE 107th St. in Kansas City, Missouri:  Employees were exposed to struck by hazards. Employee was observed installing wood materials using a nail gun without eye/face protection.

Issued

Sep 3, 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, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):  At the residential construction site located at 507 NE 107th St. in Kansas City, Missouri: Employees were exposed to fall hazards.  Employees were observed installing materials and working at height.  Employees were exposed to a fall distance of greater than 16 feet eave to ground without use of fall protection.

Issued

Sep 3, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,926 · Current $2,926

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:  At the residential construction site located at 507 NE 107th St. in Kansas City, Missouri: Employees were exposed to fall hazards. Employees were observed accessing and egressing the roof by way of portable ladders that did not extend 3 feet past landing.  Employees were exposed to a fall distance of greater than 16 feet eave to ground.