OSHA Inspection: EMMANUEL SANTIAGO

Issued

Nov 1, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,679 · Current $2,679

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:  a)  At 816 Summerlin Circle, Lot 41 Summerlin, Auburn, Alabama:  On October 12, 2023; the employer allowed his employees to operate pneumatic nail guns without eye protection while performing siding activities exposing his employees to struck-by hazards.

Issued

Nov 1, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,679 · Current $2,679

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(5)(ii): The end of a platform greater than 10 feet in length extended over its support more than 18 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end:  a)  At 816 Summerlin Circle, Lot 41 Summerlin, Auburn, Alabama:  On October 12, 2023; the employer allowed his employees to perform siding activities from a pump jack scaffold platform that extended 12 feet past its support exposing his employees to a fall hazard of  10 feet 4 inches to the ground below.

Issued

Nov 1, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:  a)  At 816 Summerlin Circle, Lot 41 Summerlin, Auburn, Alabama:  On October 12, 2023; the employer allowed his employees to perform siding activities from a pump jack scaffold without fall protection exposing his employees to a fall hazard of  10 feet 4 inches to the ground below.

Issued

Nov 1, 2023

Abate by

Nov 16, 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.   a)  At 816 Summerlin Circle, Lot 41 Summerlin, Auburn, Alabama:  On October 12, 2023; the employer allowed his employees to perform siding activities from a pump jack scaffold without first ensuring his employees were trained on the hazards associated with scaffolds to include but not limited to setting up and the requirement for fall protection exposing his employees to a fall hazard of  10 feet 4 inches to the ground below.

Issued

Nov 1, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,679 · Current $2,679

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 816 Summerlin Circle, Lot 41 Summerlin, Auburn, Alabama:  On October 12, 2023; the employer allowed his employees to perform siding activities without fall protection exposing his employees to a fall hazard of  12 feet 2 inches to the ground below.

Issued

Nov 1, 2023

Abate by

Nov 16, 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 816 Summerlin Circle, Lot 41 Summerlin, Auburn, Alabama:  On October 12, 2023; the employer allowed his employees to perform siding activities without first ensuring his crew was 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 12 feet 2 inches to the ground below.

Issued

Nov 1, 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 816 Summerlin Circle, Lot 41 Summerlin, Auburn, Alabama:  On October 12, 2023; the employer allowed his employees to use an extension ladder to gain access to the roof and the rails of the ladder did not extend three feet above the roof landing to provide safe access exposing his employees to a fall hazard of  12 feet 2 inches to the ground below.