OSHA Inspection: SANTOS ALEJANDRO SOSA-GUERRERO

Issued

2021-10-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2926.00 · Current $750.00 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.  On or about September 24, 2021, at a residential construction site in Shenandoah, TX, employees were exposed to a fall hazard of more than 6 feet while performing framing  on the roof of a house without the use of any fall protection system.