OSHA Inspection: JORGE MEDINA

Issued

2022-03-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-04-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4351.00 · Current $4351.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part:   a) On or about October 19, 2021 at worksite located at 5431 Larchwood Lane, Toledo, OH: The employer, Jorge Medina, did not have a plan or a program to identify job site hazards which assists employees in maintaining a safe working environment.  Such programs would support the employer and employees identifying and avoiding potential hazards such as falls and struck by hazards during job site operations, decreasing the probability of employee injury or illness.

Issued

2022-03-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-04-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:   a) On or about October 19, 2021 at worksite located at 5431 Larchwood Lane, Toledo, OH: The employer, Jorge Medina, did not ensure that employees had been trained in the appropriate use of fall protection such as, but not limited to, the use of personal fall arrest systems or alternative measures while performing various roofing operations from elevated surfaces.

Issued

2022-03-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3729.00 · Current $3729.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.102(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee use appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors or potentially injurious light radiation.  a) On or about October 19, 2021 at worksite located at 5431 Larchwood Lane, Toledo, OH: The employer, Jorge Medina, did not ensure that each affected employee used appropriate eye or face protection when performing roofing activities on a residential structure. Employees were exposed to potential struck by hazards (flying particles/debris) while removing old roofing tiles, operating pneumatic nail guns and using a leaf blower to clean debris from newly installed roof.

Issued

2022-03-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4351.00 · Current $4351.00

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):    a) On or about October 19, 2021 at worksite located at 5431 Larchwood Lane, Toledo, OH: The employer, Jorge Medina, did not ensure employees were protected from falls while conducting residential roofing activities on the roof of a shed (approximately 8 feet to the ground below) and from the roof of the second story of the residential home (approximately 24 feet to the ground below).

Issued

2022-03-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4351.00 · Current $4351.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:  a) On or about October 19, 2021 at worksite located at 5431 Larchwood Lane, Toledo, OH: The employer, Jorge Medina, did not ensure that the portable ladders used by employee to access the roof in order to perform residential roofing work was extended 3 feet above the surface of the roof, exposing employees to falls from heights of approximately 8-24 feet to the ground below.