OSHA Inspection: TANYA GARCIA CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

2022-07-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-07-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3419.00 · Current $1710.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.20(b)(1): It shall be the responsibility of the employer to initiate and maintain such programs as may be necessary to comply with this part.  a. Located at the job site off Lobeila Drive in New Albany, Ohio: On or about May 16, 2022, and at times prior, the employer failed to maintain a safety and health program to ensure hazard detection and correction including, but not limited to, fall protection, ladder safety and personal protective equipment, thereby exposing employees to fall and struck-by hazards.

Issued

2022-07-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3419.00 · Current $1710.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there is a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, shall be protected by protective helmets.  a. Located at the job site off Lobeila Drive in New Albany, Ohio: On or about May 16, 2022, the employer did not ensure that employees working from the ground level to perform residential framing tasks were protected by protective helmets from overhead hazards of employees working on the roof of the garage being built, thereby exposing employees to struck-by hazards.

Issued

2022-07-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4786.00 · Current $2393.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.102(a)(1): The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses 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. Located at the job site off Lobeila Drive in New Albany, Ohio: On or about May 16, 2022, the employer did not ensure that employees operating pneumatic nail guns to install sheathing on the trusses of the roof of the garage being built were utilizing eye protection measures, thereby exposing employees to struck-by hazards.  b. Located at the job site off Lobeila Drive in New Albany, Ohio: On or about May 16, 2022, the employer did not ensure that employees operating portable circular saws to cut wooden materials to size were utilizing eye protection measures, thereby exposing employees to struck-by hazards.

Issued

2022-07-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4786.00 · Current $2393.00 Reduced

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; or, when such an extension is not possible because of the ladder's length, then the ladder shall be secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and a grasping device, such as a grabrail, shall be provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder. In no case shall the extension be such that ladder deflection under a load would, by itself, cause the ladder to slip off its support.  a. Located at the job site off Lobeila Drive in New Albany, Ohio: On or about May 16, 2021, and at times prior, the employer did not ensure that the portable ladder being utilized to access the upper landing surface of the garage being framed was extended at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface used to gain access, thereby exposing employees to fall hazards of approximately 8-14 feet.

Issued

2022-07-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-07-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4102.00 · Current $2051.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(4): Ladders shall be used only for the purpose for which they were designed.  a. Located at the job site off Lobeila Drive in New Albany, Ohio: On or about May 16, 2022, the employer did not ensure that the Werner 8-foot A-frame fiberglass ladder was only used for the purpose in which it was designed, in that employees utilized the ladder in the closed and leaned position to access the roof trusses of the garage being built to perform framing activities. Employees were thereby exposed to fall hazards of approximately 8 feet.

Issued

2022-07-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-07-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(13): The top or top step of a stepladder shall not be used as a step.  a. Located at the job site off Lobeila Drive in New Albany, Ohio: On or about May 16, 2022, the employer did not ensure that the top step of a Werner 8-foot fiberglass A-frame stepladder was not utilized as a step, thereby exposing employees to fall hazards of approximately 8 feet.

Issued

2022-07-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-07-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9571.00 · Current $4786.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(13): "Residential construction." Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall be protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system unless another provision in paragraph (b) of this section provides for an alternative fall protection measure. Exception: When the employer can demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems, the employer shall develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of 1926.502.  a. Located at the job site off Lobeila Drive in New Albany, Ohio: On or about May 16, 2022, and at times prior, the employer did not ensure that employees performing residential framing activities at heights of greater than 6 feet were protected from falls by fall protection measures. Employees were observed sheathing the roof of a one-story garage without utilizing fall protection measures, thereby exposing employees to fall hazards of approximately 8-14 feet.  Tanya Garcia was previously cited for a Serious violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1499014, citation number 1, item number 1, and was affirmed as a final order on March 19, 2021, with respect to a workplace located at 3568 Switchgrass Ct, Hilliard, Ohio 43026.