OSHA Inspection: PABLO RODRIGUEZ

Issued

Oct 5, 2021

Abate by

Oct 14, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,341 · Current $2,341

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns.   At the jobsite, employees were not wearing hardhats while working below other employees that were installing roofing material to a residential house, exposing employees to struck-by hazards from falling objects.   .

Issued

Oct 5, 2021

Abate by

Oct 14, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,341 · Current $2,341

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 jobsite, employees operating a Dewalt nail gun to install roofing material without eye and face protection exposing him to the hazard of being struck-by flying objects.

Issued

Oct 5, 2021

Abate by

Oct 18, 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 or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest system.  At the jobsite, employees performing roofing activities on the roof were not provided fall protection and exposed to an unprotected fall hazard at a height of over 6 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Oct 5, 2021

Abate by

Oct 14, 2021

Penalty

Initial $3,511 · Current $3,511

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): When portable ladders are used for access to an upper landing surface, the ladder side rails shall extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder is used to gain access;    At the jobsite, Employees engaged in installing roofing shingles were exposed to fall hazards while using a ladder that did not extend at least three feet above the roof's landing.

Issued

Oct 5, 2021

Abate by

Oct 20, 2021

Penalty

Initial $329 · Current $329

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:  At the jobsite, employees installing roofing shingles were not provided fall protection.  The employer did not provide a training program with hazard recognition and avoidance training where part of the job is to be exposed to fall hazards at a heights over 6 feet to the ground below.