OSHA Inspection: BRANDO ALEXIS MUNOZ LOPEZ

Issued

Nov 2, 2023

Penalty

Initial $1,707 · Current $853 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.100(a): Employees exposed to possible head injury from falling or flying objects or from impact with equipment, hand tools and overhead siding installation operations, were not wearing hard hats:  a) On or about August 11, 2023, employees worked on the ground without wearing hard hats.

Issued

Nov 2, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,009 · Current $1,004 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 August 11, 2023, employees operated pneumatic nail guns without wearing eye protection.

Issued

Nov 2, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $1,677 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(10):  Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system.  Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width, each employee was not protected by use of a monitoring system:  a) On or about August 11, 2023, employees were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 9-feet and greater while working without fall protection.

Issued

Nov 2, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $1,674 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(1):  Where portable ladders were used for access to upper landing surfaces, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladders were used to gain access:  a) On or about August 11, 2023, employees were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 9-feet and greater when they used an aluminum ladder that did not extend three feet above the roof landing.