OSHA Inspection: JOSE VELASQUEZ

Issued

Mar 5, 2024

Penalty

Initial $2,074 · Current $2,074

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Employees were not provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations present potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:  a) Top plate, Second floor: On 2/21/2024, the employer exposed employees to struck-by hazards while operating pneumatic framing nail guns, in that protective eyewear was not provided while operating these tools at 125PSI.

Issued

Mar 5, 2024

Penalty

Initial $4,148 · Current $4,148

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(13):Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m)  or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501(b), nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:   a) Second floor, Top plate: On 2/21/2024, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards of  19-feet to the lower ground level, in that a fall protection system was not provided to employees engaged in roof truss and other framing activities.