OSHA Inspection: JOSE GALLARDO

Issued

Jun 2, 2023

Abate by

Jun 20, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $2,009 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.20(b)(1):  The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part:  On or about April 26, 2023, employees were exposed to eye injuries and overhead and fall hazards on a commercial construction site in Danville, Illinois, and the employer did not have an effective safety and health program with specific work rules, competent person oversight, and employee training to govern employees' activities.

Issued

Jun 2, 2023

Abate by

Jun 13, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.20(b)(2):  The employer did not initiate and maintain a safety program which provides for frequent and regular inspections of jobsites, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent person:  On or about April 26, 2023, employees were exposed to eye injuries and overhead and fall hazards on a commercial construction site in Danville, Illinois, and the employer did not have a competent person conducting frequent and periodic safety inspections.

Issued

Jun 2, 2023

Abate by

Jun 13, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,679 · Current $1,607 Reduced

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:  On or about April 26, 2023, an employee was exposed to overhead hazards without head protection, on a commercial construction site in Danville, Illinois.  The employer had not provided employee training in order to provide the employee with the knowledge to recognize construction safety hazards, as well as the procedures to follow in order to minimize or eliminate those safety hazards.

Issued

Jun 2, 2023

Abate by

Jun 13, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:   On or about April 26, 2023, an employee was exposed to overhead hazards without head protection, on a commercial construction site in Danville, Illinois.

Issued

Jun 2, 2023

Abate by

Jun 13, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $2,009 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 agents:  On or about April 26, 2023, employees were exposed to eye injuries without eye protection while using a pneumatic gun and a circular saw, on a commercial construction site in Danville, Illinois.

Issued

Jun 2, 2023

Abate by

Jun 13, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $2,813 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1)(vii):  Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section:  On or about April 26, 2023, an employee was exposed to fall hazards in excess of 10 feet without fall protection, while working from a supported scaffold/board connected to the top of the guardrail of a scissor lift and the frame of the structure under construction, on a commercial construction site in Danville, Illinois.

Issued

Jun 2, 2023

Abate by

Jun 13, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.454(a):  The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards:  On or about April 26, 2023, an employee was exposed to fall hazards in excess of 10 feet without fall protection, while working from a supported scaffold/board connected to the top of the guardrail of a scissor lift and the frame of the structure under construction, on a commercial construction site in Danville, Illinois, and the employer had not provided the employee scaffold training, in order to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.