OSHA Inspection: AREVALO CONSTRUCTION

Issued

Mar 10, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $1,675 Reduced

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):   Location:  Roof  The employer did not ensure that employees working on the roof were protected against falls of up to approximately 35 feet.

Issued

Mar 10, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $1,675 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.502(d)(6)(iii):A snaphook not of the locking type was engaged (i) directly to webbing, rope or wire rope; (ii) to each other (iii) to a Dee-ring to which another snaphook or other connector is attached;(iv) to a horizontal lifeline; or (v) to any objectwhich is incompatibly shaped or dimensioned in relation to the snaphook such that unintentional disengagement could occur by the connected object being able to depress the snaphook keeper and release itself.  Location:  Roof, southwest part  Two self-retracting lifelines were attached to the Dee-ring of one anchor.

Issued

Mar 10, 2023

Abate by

Apr 14, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $2,344 Reduced

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:  Location:  Job site  The employer did not train employees on the hazards of and protection against falls.

Issued

Mar 10, 2023

Abate by

Apr 14, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.503(b)(1):The employer did not verify compliance with paragraph (a) of this section by preparing a written (training) certification record including the name or other identity of the employee trained, the date(s) of the training, and the signature of the person who conducted the training or the signature of the employer.  Location:  Job site  The employer did not provide documentation that the employee exposed to fall hazards at the job site had received fall protection training.

Issued

Mar 10, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $1,675 Reduced

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:  Location:  Roof  The extension ladder that was used to access the roof did not extend above the roof surface by at least 3 feet and was not secured to the roof.