OSHA Inspection: FRANCISCO MACIAS

Issued

May 12, 2023

Abate by

May 26, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,420 · Current $4,420

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 52 Hillcrest Overlook, Lot 396 Poplar Village, Newnan, Georgia:  On April 20, 2023; 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 his employees to a fall hazard of 10 feet to the ground below.  b)  At 42 Hillcrest Overlook, Lot 398 Poplar Village, Newnan, Georgia:  On April 20, 2023; 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 his employees to a fall hazard of 10.3 feet to the ground below.

Issued

May 12, 2023

Abate by

May 26, 2023

Penalty

Initial $8,840 · Current $8,840

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 52 Hillcrest Overlook, Lot 396 Poplar Village, Newnan, Georgia:  On April 20, 2023; the employer allowed his employees to perform framing activities without fall protection exposing his employees to a fall hazard of 10 feet to the ground below.  b)  At 42 Hillcrest Overlook, Lot 398 Poplar Village, Newnan, Georgia:  On April 20, 2023; the employer allowed his employees to perform framing activities without fall protection exposing his employees to a fall hazard of 10.3 feet to the ground below.  The Francisco Macias dba Francisco Macias was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1555911, citation number 1, item number 3 and was affirmed as a final order on January 24, 2022, with respect to a workplace located at Lot #11 Lauritsen Way, Newnan, Georgia.