OSHA Inspection: WALTER GALO

Issued

2023-12-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-01-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3349.00 · Current $2009.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:   20900 IH 10 W, 5 Bowood Ct, San Antonio, TX, 78257; On or about December 6, 2023, and at times prior thereto, workers using an aerial lift basket without fall protection, were not trained to recognize the hazard associated with use of the lift without a fall harness.

Issued

2023-12-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3349.00 · Current $2009.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.453(b)(2)(v): A body belt was not worn and/or a lanyard was not attached to the boom or basket when working from an aerial lift:  Note:  As of January 1, 1998, subpart M of this part (1926.502(d)) provides that body belts are not acceptable as part of a personal fall arrest system.  The use of a body belt in a tethering system or in a restraint system is acceptable and is regulated:    20900 IH 10 W, 5 Bowood Ct, San Antonio, TX, 78257; On or about December 6, 2023, workers were exposed to fall hazards while performing roofing installation without the use of a personal fall harness or other acceptable restraint system.

Issued

2023-12-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $2813.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.  20900 IH 10 W, 5 Bowood Ct, San Antonio, TX, 78257; On or about December 6, 2023, employees were exposed to a fall hazard of greater than 6 feet to the ground below, while installing metal roofing strips without fall protection.

Issued

2023-12-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-01-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $2813.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards, that would enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and to follow the procedures in order to minimize these hazards:   20900 IH 10 W, 5 Bowood Ct, San Antonio, TX, 78257; On or about December 6, 2023, employees were exposed to a fall hazard of greater than 6 feet to the ground below, while installing metal roofing strips, without being effectively trained in the hazards of a fall.