OSHA Inspection: CARLOS BERNABE

Issued

2024-09-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-09-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2765.00 · Current $2765.00

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.  At the construction site, the employer did not ensure that employees were wearing hardhats while working below other employees. Employees were exposed to a struck-by hazard from falling objects.

Issued

2024-09-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-09-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2765.00 · Current $2765.00

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, chemical, or radiation agents.  At the jobsite, employees operating nail guns to perform framing work without eye and face protection were exposed to the hazard of being struck-by flying objects.

Issued

2024-09-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-09-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4148.00 · Current $4148.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(b)(1)(i): Safety of equipment was not determined on the basis of suitability of the equipment for an identified purpose as evidenced by listing, labeling, or certification for that identified purpose.   At the construction site, three (3) electrical receptacle boxes that were not approved by listing and labeling and manufacture design, with the design and method made and used by the employer, to energize hand held power equipment exposed employees to the hazard of electrical shock.

Issued

2024-09-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-09-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4148.00 · Current $4148.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(b)(2): All pull boxes, junction boxes, and fittings were not provided with covers:   At the construction site, the electrical receptacle box was not equipped with a cover plate, exposing employees to the hazard of electrical shock.

Issued

2024-09-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-09-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $4839.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13):  Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest system.  At the jobsite, employees performing framing work were not provided fall protection and exposed to a fall hazard of more than 6-feet to the ground below.

Issued

2024-09-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-09-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4148.00 · Current $4148.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1052(c)(1): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with at least one handrail and one stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge:    At the construction site located at 715 Cherry Bark Trail, Waxahachie, Texas, where the stairs leading to the second floor were not equipped with at least one (1) handrail, exposing employees to the hazard of falling to the lower levels.

Issued

2024-09-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-09-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $388.00 · Current $388.00

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:  At the jobsite, employees performing framing activities were not provided a fall protection training program with hazard recognition and avoidance training where part of the job is to be exposed to fall hazards of more than 6-feet to the ground below.