OSHA Inspection: GM MIRANDA CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

Aug 17, 2023

Abate by

Dec 1, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,679 · Current $2,009 Reduced

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.  a) On or about and at times prior to July 19, 2023, at the previously addressed inspection site, frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials, and equipment was not made by a competent person.

Issued

Aug 17, 2023

Abate by

Dec 1, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,679 · Current $0 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 condition(s) and the regulation(s) applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazard(s) or other exposure to illness or injury.  a) On or about and at times prior to July 19, 2023, at the previously addressed inspection site, employees exposed to falls and hazards associated with falls while working from heights while using a pump jack scaffold did not receive instruction and training in the recognition and avoidance of the fall hazards and hazards associated with falls.

Issued

Aug 17, 2023

Abate by

Dec 1, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.454(a):The employer did not have each employee who performs work while on a scaffold(s) trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize those hazards associated with the type of scaffold(s) being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.   a) On or about and at times prior to July 19, 2023, at the previously addressed inspection site, employees exposed to falls and hazards associated with falls while working from a pump jack scaffold at heights greater than 10 feet above lower levels were not provided training to recognize the hazards associated with pump jack scaffolds and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.

Issued

Aug 17, 2023

Abate by

Dec 1, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.503(a)(1):The employer shall provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards. The program shall enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and shall train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards.  a) On or about and at times prior to July 19, 2023, at the previously addressed inspection site, employees exposed to falls and hazards associated with falls when siding a residential building while working from a pump jack scaffold at heights greater than 10 feet above lower levels were not provided a training program to enable employees to recognize hazards of falling and procedures to be followed to minimize fall hazards and hazards associated with falls.

Issued

Aug 17, 2023

Abate by

Aug 31, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,009 · Current $1,281 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, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.  a) On or about and at times prior to July 19, 2023, at the previously addressed inspection site, employees using handheld hammers and other tools when nailing and installing siding did not use eye protection (safety glasses) exposing employees to eye hazards from flying particles and objects.

Issued

Aug 17, 2023

Abate by

Dec 1, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,679 · Current $1,707 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(f)(7):Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.  a) On or about and at times prior to July 19, 2023, at the previously addressed inspection site, the pump jack scaffold used by employees siding a residential building was not erected and or altered by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection or alteration.

Issued

Aug 17, 2023

Abate by

Aug 31, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,679 · Current $1,707 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1):Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level.  a) On or about and at times prior to July 19, 2023, at the previously addressed inspection site, employees siding a residential building while working from a pump jack scaffold at heights 10 feet or more above lower levels were not protected from falls to lower levels.