OSHA Inspection: ISIDRO VELASQUEZ

Issued

Apr 28, 2023

Abate by

May 12, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,679 · Current $1,675 Reduced

General-duty citation text

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 22 Sepia Oak Drive, Building 11 The Cottages at Browns Ridge, Newnan, Georgia:  On April 18, 2023; the employer allowed his employee to operate a pneumatic nail gun without eye protection while performing siding activities exposing his employees to struck-by hazards.

Issued

Apr 28, 2023

Abate by

May 12, 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):   a)  At 22 Sepia Oak Drive, Building 11 The Cottages at Browns Ridge, Newnan, Georgia:  On April 18, 2023; the employer allowed his employee to perform framing activities without fall protection exposing his employee to a fall hazard of 19.4 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Apr 28, 2023

Abate by

May 12, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 22 Sepia Oak Drive, Building 11 The Cottages at Browns Ridge, Newnan, Georgia:  On April 18, 2023;  the employer allowed his employee to perform framing activities without  first ensuring his employee were trained on the hazards associated with falls to include but not limited to setting up and inspecting fall protection exposing his employees to a fall hazard of  up to 19.4 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Apr 28, 2023

Abate by

May 12, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $1,340 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:  a)  At 22 Sepia Oak Drive, Building 11 The Cottages at Browns Ridge, Newnan, Georgia:  On April 18, 2023; the employer allowed his employee to use an extension ladder to gain access to the roof of the townhome and the rails of the ladder did not extend at least three feet above the roof landing to provide safe access exposing his employee to a fall hazard of 19.4 feet to the ground below.