OSHA Inspection: JOSE SALAZAR DBA JOSE SALAZAR

Issued

2023-02-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-03-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $376.00 · Current $376.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1903.19(c)(1): Within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, the employer must certify to OSHA (the Agency) that each cited violation has been abated, except as provided in paragraph (c)(2) of this section.   a.  On or about August 1, 2022, at the above addressed jobsite, employees performing masonry operations, approximately twenty-five (25) feet six (6) inches, were not provided with fall protection training, thereby exposing the employees to fall hazards.  Citation Number          Item Number           Abatement Date 01001a01/11/2023 01001b01/11/2023 04004c12/19/2022

Issued

2022-11-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-01-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3108.00 · Current $3108.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain such programs as may be necessary to comply with this part.  a.  On or about August 1, 2022, at the above addressed jobsite, the employer did not maintain an accident prevention program to comply with the regulations of this part, which included, but were not limited to, employee protection when exposed to hazards associated with construction operations.

Issued

2022-11-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-01-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.21(b)(2):The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:  a.  On or about August 1, 2022, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were not trained in the recognition of jobsite hazards, which included, but were not limited to, the hazards associated with construction operations.

Issued

2022-11-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-11-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3108.00 · Current $3108.00

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.  On or about August 1, 2022, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee loading masonry material into buckets below masonry operations was not wearing a hard hat, thereby exposing the employee to struck by hazards.

Issued

2022-11-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-11-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4351.00 · Current $4351.00

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.  On or about August 1, 2022, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee using a handheld power saw to cut masonry bricks was not utilizing eye protection, thereby exposing the employee to hazards associated with eye injuries.

Issued

2022-11-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-11-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4351.00 · Current $4351.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(1): "Unprotected sides and edges." Each employee on a walking/working surface (horizontal and vertical surface) with an unprotected side or edge which is 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level shall be protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.  a.  On or about August 1, 2022, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee pulling masonry material up to the roof with a rope and bucket, approximately twenty-five (25) feet six (6) inches above ground, was not protected from falls, thereby exposing the employee to fall hazards.  b.  On or about August 1, 2022, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee cutting masonry bricks on the roof, approximately twenty-five (25) feet six (6) inches above ground, was not protected from falls, thereby exposing the employee to fall hazards.

Issued

2022-11-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-11-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(9)(i): Each employee performing overhand bricklaying and related work 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a controlled accessed zone.  a.  On or about August 1, 2022, at the above addressed jobsite, employees performing overhand bricklaying operations, approximately twenty-five (25) feet six (6) inches above ground, were not protected from falls, thereby exposing the employees to fall hazards.

Issued

2022-11-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-12-19 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 August 1, 2022, at the above addressed jobsite, employees performing masonry operations, approximately twenty-five (25) feet six (6) inches, were not provided with fall protection training, thereby exposing the employees to fall hazards.

Issued

2022-11-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-11-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4351.00 · Current $4351.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(1):Where (a) portable ladder(s) was/were used for access to an upper level landing surface and the ladder's length did not allow the ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed, the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and/or a grasping device was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder.  a.  On or about August 1, 2022, at the above addressed jobsite, the portable extension ladder the employees used to access and egress the roof did not extend at least 3 feet above the roof's surface and was not secured at its top or provided with a grasping device, thereby exposing employees to fall hazards.

Issued

2022-11-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-11-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4351.00 · Current $4351.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(c)(1): For each employee engaged in a task identified on Table 1, the employer did not fully and properly implement the engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection specified for the task on Table 1.  a.  On or about August 1, 2022, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee was using a handheld power saw to cut masonry brick that contained silica.  The employer did not implement engineering controls, thereby exposing employees to the hazards associated with respirable crystalline silica.

Issued

2022-11-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-01-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1153(g)(1): The employer did not establish and implement a written exposure control plan:  a.  On or about August 1, 2022, at the above addressed jobsite, the employer failed to implement a written exposure control plan that describes the measures used to limit employee exposure to respirable crystalline silica.