OSHA Inspection: ALEJANDRO BENITEZ GARCIA

Issued

Jul 23, 2024

Penalty

Initial $2,765 · Current $2,765

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:  On or about May 07, 2024, on the east side of a commercial building, an employee was working at the ground level without being protected from overhead work.

Issued

Jul 23, 2024

Penalty

Initial $2,765 · Current $2,765

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.102(a)(1):29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee used appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles.  On or about May 07, 2024, on the east side of a commercial building's roof, an employee utilized a pneumatic air gun without proper eye protection.

Issued

Jul 23, 2024

Penalty

Initial $2,765 · Current $2,765

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(10):Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system.  Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width, each employee was not protected by use of a monitoring system:    On or about May 07, 2024, on the east side of a commercial building's roof, an employee performed roofing work without utilizing fall protection.

Issued

Jul 23, 2024

Abate by

Aug 16, 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:  On or about May 07, 2024, on the east side of a commercial building's roof, an employee without fall protection was performing roofing work and was not trained on fall hazard recognition.

Issued

Jul 23, 2024

Penalty

Initial $2,765 · Current $2,765

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:  On or about May 07, 2024, on the east side of a commercial building's roof, an employee used a Werner extension ladder with rails extended less than 3 feet, to gain access to the rooftop.