OSHA Inspection: EFRAIN JESUS MALDONADO

Issued

Nov 17, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,277 · Current $1,366 Reduced

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).  On November 17, 2023, employees engaged in framing work on a residential home without fall protection were exposed to unprotected fall hazards of approximately 9 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Nov 17, 2023

Penalty

Initial $1,707 · Current $1,024 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1052(c)(1)(i): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with at least one handrail:   On November 17, 2023, inside the residential home, the employer and employees utilize a stairway under construction to access and egress the second level exposing employees to potential fall hazard approximately 9 feet from a 13-step stairway.

Issued

Nov 17, 2023

Penalty

Initial $320 · Current $192 Reduced

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 construction site, the employer did not develop or provide fall protection training to the employees engaged in framing work to recognize and eliminate hazards such as fall protection.