OSHA Inspection: MEMO GONZALES

Issued

2024-05-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3457.00 · Current $3457.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.100(a):Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:  (a) Parking lot west side - On or about March 20, 2024, the employer had employees rig the roof trusses to be raised to the roof and work around and under the load without head protection.

Issued

2024-05-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $4839.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical agents:  (a) Throughout the job site - On or about March 20, 2024, the employer provided pneumatic nail guns set at 100psi to frame the building but did not provide any type of eye protection exposing employees to struck by hazards.

Issued

2024-05-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-06-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $4839.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(a)(6):Scaffolds were not designed by a qualified person:  (a) First and second floor balcony - On or about March 20, 1924, the employer had his employees build a wooden scaffolding that was not designed by a qualified person leaving the scaffolding with several life threatening safety issues, exposing employees to fall hazards.

Issued

2024-05-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $4839.00

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.  (a) top of building - On or about March 20, 2024, the employer had his employees work from the top outside framed walls to fasten roof tresses being lowered by crane without any type of fall protection system exposing employees to fall hazards.

Issued

2024-05-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $4839.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1051(a):Stairway(s) or ladder(s) were not provided at all personnel points of access where there was a break in elevation of 19 inches (48 cm) or more, or no ramp, runway, sloped embankment, or personnel hoist was provided:  (a) Top of roof area - On or about March 20, 2024, the employer did not ensure that his employees gained access to the top of the walls 35 feet high with the use of a ladder  exposing employees to fall hazards.

Issued

2024-05-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-06-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $388.00 · Current $388.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.454(a):The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.  (a) Second and third floor balcony - On or about March 20, 2024, the employer had employees work from the scaffolding to frame the building without being trained to regonize and control the safety hazards exposing employees to fall hazards.