OSHA Inspection: ABARCAS HOME IMPROVEMENT LLC

Issued

Sep 12, 2024

Penalty

Initial $4,148 · Current $2,489 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 926.102(a)(1): The employer did not ensure employees used eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:    a)  Roof: The employer did not ensure that each affected employee used eye protection as required. An employee was exposed to an eye and face injury while nailing roofing shingles with a pneumatic nail gun, on or about 7/19/24

Issued

Sep 12, 2024

Penalty

Initial $4,839 · Current $2,903 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.    a) Ladder jack scaffold: A proper means of access to the ladder jack platform was not provided. Employee was using the ladder jack scaffold as a means of access; employee stepping over the ladder jack platform to get to his work area, on or about 7/19/24.

Issued

Sep 12, 2024

Penalty

Initial $4,839 · Current $2,903 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 shall be protected by a personal fall arrest system.  a) Building Exterior-Left Side: An employee was exposed to a 25-foot fall hazard while working from a Ladder Jack Scaffold.  Employee was not protected from falling by personal fall arrest system or any other means of fall protection. Employee was wearing a safety harness, but he was not tie, on or about 7/19/24.

Issued

Sep 12, 2024

Penalty

Initial $4,839 · Current $2,903 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(k)(1): Ladder jack scaffold platforms exceeded a height of 20 feet.  a) Building Exterior-Left Side: An employee was working on a ladder jack scaffold platform that was 25 feet high, on or about 7/19/24

Issued

Sep 12, 2024

Penalty

Initial $4,839 · Current $2,903 Reduced

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) Building main roof: An employee was exposed to fall hazards of approximately 35 feet while installing shingles on a roof with a pitched roof on 10 on 12 without being tie, on or about 7/19/24.

Issued

Sep 12, 2024

Abate by

Oct 31, 2024

Penalty

Initial $4,839 · Current $2,903 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): A training program was not provided to each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards, to enable that employee to recognize the hazards of falling, and be trained in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards:  a) Building Exterior-Roof: Employees required to work from heights greater than 6 feet, were not trained to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to follow to minimize those hazards, on or about 7/19/24.