OSHA Inspection: FRANK MARTINEZ

Issued

May 9, 2023

Abate by

Jun 5, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $3,349

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.178(l)(1)(i):The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator was competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l):  Employees engaged in operating the SkyTrak powered industrial truck to move materials from the ground to the roof of a building located at 906 West Street, Tonganoxie, Kansas were exposing other employees and subcontractor employees to struck by hazards.  The powered industrial truck operators had not received training to ensure they can safely operate the equipment.

Issued

May 9, 2023

Abate by

Jun 27, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,009 · Current $2,009

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(e)(1):The employer did not develop, implement and maintain at the workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g) and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, material safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met:  Employee(s) engaged in using gasoline to fuel air compressors at the job site located at 906 West Street, Tonganoxie, KS were exposed to health hazards due to no written hazard communication program being developed and implemented to prevent exposure to hazardous chemical products.  Gasoline is highly flammable and exposure can cause eye irritation, skin irritation, chemical pneumonia, loss of balance and coordination, and respiratory arrest.

Issued

May 9, 2023

Abate by

Jun 27, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not maintain copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical in the workplace:  Employee(s) engaged in using gasoline to fuel air compressors at the job site located at 906 West Street, Tonganoxie, KS were exposed to health hazards due to no safety data sheets being available for employee to inform themselves of the hazards associated with gasoline.  Gasoline is highly flammable and exposure can cause eye irritation, skin irritation, chemical pneumonia, loss of balance and coordination, and respiratory arrest.

Issued

May 9, 2023

Abate by

Jun 27, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(h)(1): The employer did not provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees had not previously been trained about was introduced into their work area:  Employee(s) engaged in using gasoline to fuel air compressors at the job site located at 906 West Street, Tonganoxie, KS were exposed to health hazards due to no  hazard communication program training being conducted to inform employees of the hazards associated with gasoline.  Gasoline is highly flammable and exposure can cause eye irritation, skin irritation, chemical pneumonia, loss of balance and coordination, and respiratory arrest.

Issued

May 9, 2023

Abate by

Jun 27, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $3,349

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs necessary to ensure compliance with the Occupational Safety and Health Standards:        Employee(s) engaged in framing work using ladders, powered tools, fall protection, and etc. at 906 West Street, Tonganoxie, Kansas were exposed to struck by and fall hazards in that the employer had not developed nor implemented safety and health programs that provide construction hazard recognition guidelines to mitigate construction hazards.

Issued

May 9, 2023

Abate by

Jun 27, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $3,349

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:       Employee(s) engaged in framing work at a building located at 906 W. Street, Tonganoxie, Kansas were exposed to struck by, crushing, and fall hazards in that employees were not instructed in the recognition of construction hazards and the methods to mitigate those hazards.

Issued

May 9, 2023

Abate by

May 19, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $3,349

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.25(a):During the course of construction, alteration, or repairs,  debris was not kept cleared from work areas, passageways, and stairs, in and around buildings or other structures:  Employee(s) engaged in working at the job site located at 906 West Street, Tonganoxie, KS were exposed to tripping hazards due to construction debris not being cleared to create a safe path for access and egress inside the building.

Issued

May 9, 2023

Abate by

May 26, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,009 · Current $2,009

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.404(f)(6):The path to ground from circuits, equipment and enclosures was not permanent and continuous:  Employee(s) plugging electrical saws into extension cords on the roof of the building located at 906 West Street, Tonganoxie, KS  were exposed to electrical shock hazards due to a missing ground pin on the plug end of a 50 foot extension cord.

Issued

May 9, 2023

Abate by

May 19, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,679 · Current $2,679

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.405(a)(2)(ii)(I):Flexible cords and cables used for temporary wiring were not protected from damage:  Employee(s) engaged in using extension cords to power electrical saws on the south side of the job site located at 906 West Street, Tonganoxie, KS were exposed to electrical shock hazards.  The extension cords were laying across the parking lot and were not protected from being run over by vehicle traffic.

Issued

May 9, 2023

Abate by

May 15, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $4,688

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(13):  Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, a personal fall arrest system, or an alternative fall protection measure as provided by another provision in paragraph (b) of this section:  Employee(s) framing a roof approximately 29 feet from ground level located at 906 West Street, Tonganoxie, Kansas were exposed to fall hazards.  Framing workers were not using any type of fall protection system to prevent fall hazards.

Issued

May 9, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,018 · Current $4,018

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)(ii):   Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with one stair rail system along each unprotected side or edge:  Employees engaged in using the stairways on the north and south side of the buildings located at 906 West Street, Tonganoxie, Kansas were exposed to fall hazards due to no stair railing system being used on the open side of a 17 riser stairway.