OSHA Inspection: ALDO DELFINO SOTORO

Issued

Sep 12, 2022

Abate by

Oct 6, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,729 · Current $3,729

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l):   a) At 101 22nd Avenue East, Gulf Shores, Alabama: On or about September 7, 2022; the employer allowed his employees to operate a powered industrial truck (Telehandler) on site without first ensuring the employee was trained and certified exposing his employees to struck-by hazards.

Issued

Sep 12, 2022

Abate by

Sep 22, 2022

Penalty

Initial $2,486 · Current $2,486

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.102(a)(1): 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.  a) At 101 22nd Avenue East, Gulf Shores, Alabama: On or about September 7, 2022; the employer allowed his employee to operate a pneumatic nail gun without eye protection while performing framing activities exposing his employee to struck-by hazards.

Issued

Sep 12, 2022

Abate by

Sep 22, 2022

Penalty

Initial $2,486 · Current $2,486

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(2)(iv): Front-end loaders and similar pieces of equipment were used to support scaffold platforms without being specifically designed by the manufacturer for such use:    a) At 101 22nd Avenue East, Gulf Shores, Alabama: On or about September 7, 2022; the employer allowed his employee to lift another employee up with a telehandler while the employee was standing on a sheet of plywood exposing the employee to a fall hazard of up to 13 feet 6 inches to the ground below.

Issued

Sep 12, 2022

Abate by

Sep 22, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,729 · Current $3,729

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) At 101 22nd Avenue East, Gulf Shores, Alabama: On or about September 7, 2022; the employer allowed his employees to perform framing activities without first ensuring his employees were trained on the hazards associated with falls to include but not limited to setting up and inspecting fall protection exposing them to a fall hazard of up to 13 feet 10 inches to the ground below.

Issued

Sep 12, 2022

Abate by

Sep 22, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) At 101 22nd Avenue East, Gulf Shores, Alabama: On or about September 7, 2022; the employer allowed his employees to perform framing activities without fall protection exposing them to a fall hazard of up to 13 feet 6 inches to the ground below.

Issued

Sep 12, 2022

Abate by

Sep 22, 2022

Penalty

Initial $2,486 · Current $2,486

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(a)(1)(i): Self supporting portable ladders were not capable of supporting, without failure, at least four times the maximum intended load:   a) At 101 22nd Avenue East, Gulf Shores, Alabama: On or about September 7, 2022; the employer allowed his employees to use a job made ladder which did not have blocks installed between the rungs exposing his employees to a fall hazard of 13 feet 10 inches to the ground below.