OSHA Inspection: NAJERA CONSTRUCTION INC

Issued

May 13, 2024

Abate by

May 28, 2024

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $1,902 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part such as a safety and health program with policy, hazard assessment and work rules was not developed and/or implemented at the job site:  Jobsite- The employer did not initiate and maintain an accident prevention program to eliminate hazards associated with falls, equipment use, ladders and scaffolds at the jobsite.

Issued

May 13, 2024

Abate by

May 28, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s):  Jobsite - The employer did not perform frequent and regular job site inspections by a competent person to identify hazards associated with falls, scaffolds, ladders, and personal protective equipment.

Issued

May 13, 2024

Abate by

May 28, 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 who might be exposed to fall hazards:   Site- Five employees exposed to a fall hazard while working from the roof were not provided with fall protection training from the employer.

Issued

May 13, 2024

Abate by

May 31, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a):  The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards:   Jobsite - The employer did not provide training for employees to recognize the hazards associated with ladders set up on unstable surfaces, at improper angles and not extended up high enough at upper landing surfaces.

Issued

May 13, 2024

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a):  Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:   Site- Employees working on both the ladder and ladder jack scaffold while underneath the roof were not protected from head injuries where head protection was not worn.

Issued

May 13, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1):  The employer did not ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation:  Jobsite - The employer did not ensure that eye protective equipment was used when employees were exposed to eye injury while using pneumatic nail guns.

Issued

May 13, 2024

Penalty

Initial $5,323 · Current $2,662 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1):  When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.:  Jobsite - Employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 19 feet where access to the ladder jack scaffold was not provided and employees were climbing over the platform to use the support ladder for access / egress from the scaffold.

Issued

May 13, 2024

Abate by

May 28, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7):  Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:   Site- Employees erecting, dismantling, and working from a ladder jack scaffold were not protected from fall and scaffold collapse hazards where a competent person did not supervise the employees.

Issued

May 13, 2024

Abate by

May 28, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:   Site- Employees erecting, dismantling, and working from a ladder jack scaffold were not protected from fall and scaffold collapse hazards where the employer did not provide scaffold training to eliminate and minimize fall and collapse hazards.

Issued

May 13, 2024

Penalty

Initial $5,323 · Current $2,662 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold was not protected by a personal fall arrest system:  Site- Employees working from a ladder jack scaffold were not protected from a falls of approximately 19 feet while installing roofing materials.

Issued

May 13, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:    Site- Employees working from the roof were exposed to a fall of more than 20 feet where fall protection was not adequately utilized.

Issued

May 13, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(16)(iii): Personal fall arrest systems, when stopping a fall, were not rigged such that an employee could not free fall more than 6 feet (1.8 m) nor contact any lower level:  Jobsite - Employees installing shingles on the roof did not have fall protection rigged to prevent a free fall of more than 6 feet.

Issued

May 13, 2024

Penalty

Initial $5,323 · Current $2,662 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1051(a): Stairways or ladders were not provided at all personnel points of access where there was a break in elevation of 19 inches (48 cm) or more, and no ramp, runway, sloped embankment, or personnel hoist was provided:  Jobsite - Employees performing roofing work were not provided with a means of access between the ladder jack scaffold and roof and were observed sliding down from the roof to the scaffold.

Issued

May 13, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:   Site- Employees using an extension ladder to access the  roof were not protected from a fall hazard where the ladder only extended less than 3 feet above the landing surface.

Issued

May 13, 2024

Abate by

May 28, 2024

Penalty

Initial $9,679 · Current $2,662 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(2)(i): Footings were not level, sound, rigid, and capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement:  Site- Employees working from a ladder jack scaffold were not protected from a scaffold collapse hazard where the ladders for the scaffold were placed on soft ground which was not level where there was settling and displacement.  Additionally,  the scaffold were not plumb, both support ladders were leaning and subject to unintentional displacement or collapse.   The Najera Construction Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard (29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(6)), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1626821, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on (April 18, 2023), with respect to a workplace located at 90 Sandini Rd., Marlborough, MA.

Issued

May 13, 2024

Abate by

May 17, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(6): Ladders were not used only on stable and level surfaces unless secured to prevent accidental displacement:  Site- Employees working from a ladder jack scaffold were not protected from ladder collapse hazard where the ladders were placed on soft ground which was not level where there was settling and displacement.  Additionally,  the ladders were not plumb, both support ladders were leaning and subject to unintentional displacement or collapse.  The Najera Construction Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard (29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(6)), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1626821, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on (April 18, 2023), with respect to a workplace located at 90 Sandini Rd., Marlborough, MA.