OSHA Inspection: ALEX FONSECA

Issued

Aug 16, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $4,688

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 58 Parks Edge, Lot 7 The Village Tannin, Orange Beach, Alabama:  On August 9, 2023; the employer allowed his employees to perform roofing activities without using fall protection exposing his employees to a fall hazard of up to 24 feet 10 inches to the ground below.

Issued

Aug 16, 2023

Abate by

Aug 28, 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 58 Parks Edge, Lot 7 The Village Tannin, Orange Beach, Alabama:  On August 9, 2023; the employer allowed his employees to perform roofing activities without first ensuring his employees were trained on the hazard 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 24 feet 10 inches to the ground below.

Issued

Aug 16, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,679 · Current $2,679

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(a)(1)(ii): Portable ladders that were not self-supporting, without failure, at least four times the maximum intended load:   a)  At 58 Parks Edge, Lot 7 The Village Tannin, Orange Beach, Alabama:  On August 9, 2023; the employer allowed his employees to use a job made ladder to gain access the second story top roof and the  ladder did not have blocks installed between the ladder rungs exposing his employees to a fall hazard of 9 feet to the roof below.

Issued

Aug 16, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 58 Parks Edge, Lot 7 The Village Tannin, Orange Beach, Alabama:  On August 9, 2023; the employer allowed his employees to use a job made ladder to gain access the second story top roof and the rails of the ladder did not extend three feet above the roofs landing to provide safe access exposing his employees to a fall hazard of 9 feet to the roof below.