OSHA Inspection: ROMERO'S CONTRACTING, LLC

Issued

Aug 12, 2022

Abate by

Sep 8, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,729 · Current $1,865 Reduced

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:  (a) On or about 05/11/2022 - 103 Waltrip Drive, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees working at ground level were exposed to struck-by hazards from materials and tools being dropped by employees working from fabricated frame scaffolding and not wearing head protection.

Issued

Aug 12, 2022

Abate by

Sep 8, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(h)(1): In addition to wearing hardhats each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toe-boards, screens, or guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects:  (a) On or about 05/11/2022 - 103 Waltrip Drive, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees working at ground level were exposed to struck-by hazards from materials and tools being dropped by employees working from fabricated frame scaffolding.

Issued

Aug 12, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,729 · Current $1,865 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee used 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 05/11/2022 - 103 Waltrip Drive, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees were mixing General Shale Type N Masonry Cement  and not wearing eye protection.  (b) On or about 05/11/2022 - 103 Waltrip Drive, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees were operating a DeWalt chop saw to cut brick and not wearing face shields.

Issued

Aug 12, 2022

Abate by

Sep 8, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,108 · Current $1,554 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of the scaffold was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports:  (a) On or about 05/11/2022 - 103 Waltrip Drive, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees were working from fabricated frame scaffolding that was not fully planked and were exposed to falls of approximately 14 feet.

Issued

Aug 12, 2022

Abate by

Sep 8, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,351 · Current $2,284 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:  (a) On or about 05/11/2022 - 103 Waltrip Drive, Owen Cross Roads, AL employees working from fabricated frame scaffolding to lay brick were exposed to falls of approximately 14 feet.

Issued

Aug 12, 2022

Abate by

Sep 8, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards:  (a) On or about 05/11/2022 - 103 Waltrip Drive, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees working from fabricated frame scaffolding to lay brick did not recognize the fall hazards.

Issued

Aug 12, 2022

Abate by

Sep 8, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,108 · Current $1,554 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Cross-braces were used as a means of access:  (a) On or about 05/11/2022 - 103 Waltrip Drive, Owens Cross Roads, AL, safe access was not provided for employees working from fabricated frame scaffolding.

Issued

Aug 12, 2022

Abate by

Sep 8, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,729 · Current $1,865 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 were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system:  (a) On or about 05/11/2022 - 103 Waltrip Drive Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees stacking brick on the roof of the porch were exposed to falls of approximately 10 feet.

Issued

Aug 12, 2022

Abate by

Sep 8, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.503(a)(1): The employer shall provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards. The program shall enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and shall train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  (a) On or about 05/11/2022 - 103 Waltrip Drive, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees were stacking brick on the roof of the porch and did not recognize the fall hazards.

Issued

Aug 12, 2022

Abate by

Sep 16, 2022

Penalty

Initial $349 · Current $175 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met: (Construction Reference: 1926.59):    (a) On or about 05/11/2022 - 103 Waltrip Drive, Owens Cross Roads, AL, a hazard communication program had not been developed and implemented for employees working with General Shale Type N Masonry Cement.

Issued

Aug 12, 2022

Abate by

Sep 16, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(g)(1):  Employers did not have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use   (a) On or about 05/11/2022 - 103 Waltrip Drive, Owens Cross Roads, AL, safety data sheets were not maintained for hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited to, General Shale Type N Masonry Cement.

Issued

Aug 12, 2022

Abate by

Sep 16, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:   (a) On or about 05/11/2022 - 103 Waltrip Drive, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees working with hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited to, General Shale Type N Masonry Cement had not been trained.