OSHA Inspection: CRUZ FRAMING, INC.

Issued

Mar 15, 2024

Penalty

Initial $5,531 · Current $3,319 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):   a)  At 361 Alleyoak Lane, Lot 15 The Bluffs at Lafayette, Freeport, Florida:  On February 21, 2024, the employer allowed his employees to perform framing activities without fall protection exposing his employees to a fall hazard of 11 feet 9 inches to the ground below.

Issued

Mar 15, 2024

Abate by

Mar 29, 2024

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 361 Alleyoak Lane, Lot 15 The Bluffs at Lafayette, Freeport, Florida:  On February 21, 2024, the employer allowed his employees to perform framing activities without first training his employees 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 10 feet 9 inches to the ground below.

Issued

Mar 15, 2024

Penalty

Initial $3,687 · Current $2,212 Reduced

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 361 Alleyoak Lane, Lot 15 The Bluffs at Lafayette, Freeport, Florida:  On February 21, 2024, the employer allowed his employees to use an extension ladder to gain access to the second level of the house and the rails of the ladder did not extend at least three feet above the wall landing to provide safe access exposing his employees to a fall hazard of 10 feet to the ground below.