OSHA Inspection: LUPE GARCIA DBA LUPE GARCIA

Issued

Sep 16, 2024

Abate by

Oct 21, 2024

Penalty

Initial $388 · Current $388

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): Within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, the employer must certify to OSHA (the Agency) that each cited violation has been abated, except as provided in paragraph (c)(2) of this section.   a.  On or about September 16, 2024, the employer did not certify to OSHA within 10 days after the abatement date that each of the following cited violations issued had been corrected:  Citation Number                                                Item Number                                    Abatement Date 0100208/13/2024

Issued

Jul 18, 2024

Penalty

Initial $4,148 · Current $4,148

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. On or about April 15, 2024, at the above addressed jobsite, employees performing residential roofing operations, ten (10) feet seven (7) inches, above the ground, were not protected from falls, thereby exposing the employees to fall hazards.

Issued

Jul 18, 2024

Abate by

Aug 13, 2024

Penalty

Initial $2,765 · Current $2,765

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. On or about April 15, 2024, at the above addressed jobsite, the employees conducting roofing operations were not provided training on how to minimize fall hazards, thereby exposing employees to the hazards associated with falls.

Issued

Jul 18, 2024

Penalty

Initial $4,148 · Current $4,148

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where (a) portable ladder(s) was/were used for access to an upper level landing surface and the ladder's length did not allow the ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed, the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and/or a grasping device was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder.  a. On or about April 15, 2024, the portable ladder used to access the roof did not extend at least three (3') feet above the upper landing surface nor was it secured at the top, thereby exposing employees to the hazards associated with falls.