OSHA Inspection: ALEXIS RICO

Issued

Jan 3, 2023

Abate by

Jan 11, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,486 · Current $994 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.   At the jobsite, employees were not wearing hardhats while working below other employees that were framing a residential house, exposing employees to struck-by hazards from falling objects.

Issued

Jan 3, 2023

Abate by

Jan 11, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,486 · Current $994 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.  At the jobsite, employees operating a Bostitch nail gun to perform framing activities without eye and face protection exposing him to the hazard of being struck-by flying objects.

Issued

Jan 3, 2023

Abate by

Jan 11, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,351 · Current $1,740 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13):  Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest system.  At the jobsite, employees performing  framing activities on the roof were not provided fall protection and exposed to an unprotected fall hazard at a height of over 6 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Jan 3, 2023

Abate by

Jan 11, 2023

Penalty

Initial $1,865 · Current $746 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:  At the jobsite, employees performing framing activities without fall protection were not provide a training program with hazard recognition and avoidance training where part of the job is to be exposed to fall hazards at a heights over 6 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Jan 3, 2023

Abate by

Jan 11, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,486 · Current $994 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with at least one handrail and one stair rail system along each unprotected side or edge:   At the jobsite, the stairs leading to the second floor were not equipped with handrails, exposing employees to the hazard of falling.