OSHA Inspection: ROGELIO RODRIGUEZ

Issued

Nov 13, 2023

Abate by

Dec 12, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $3,349

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(11): Each employee on a steep roof with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was not protected from falling by guardrail systems with toe-boards, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:    On the west side of the work site, employees engaged in roofing activities on an 8:12 pitch roof without fall protection were exposed to unprotected fall hazards of approximately 10 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Nov 13, 2023

Penalty

Initial $1,707 · Current $1,707

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.  On the west side of the work site, employees installing roofing material used extension ladders that did not have the side rails extended three feet over the roof surface were exposed to potential fall hazards greater than six feet.

Issued

Nov 13, 2023

Penalty

Initial $320 · Current $320

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.  On the work site, the employer did not develop or provide fall protection training to the employees engaged in roofing work to recognize and eliminate fall hazards when working over 6 feet.

Issued

Nov 13, 2023

Penalty

Initial $320 · Current $320

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.  On the construction site, the employer did not develop or provide ladder training to the employees engaged in roofing work on how to recognize and eliminate hazards such as fall hazard from ladders.