OSHA Inspection: DE PAULA CONSTRUCTION & SERVICES, INC.

Issued

2025-02-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-02-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4256.00 · Current $2128.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain a safety program which provides for frequent and regular inspections of jobsites, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent person.  Location: Worksite  On or about November 5, 2024, employees were exposed to fall hazards of over 20 feet and struck-by hazards while performing siding activities, where the employer did not ensure that a competent person performed frequent and regular inspections of the site.

Issued

2025-02-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-02-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.102(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.  Location: Worksite  On or about November 5, 2024, employees were exposed to struck-by hazards while performing siding activities, where the employer did not ensure that impact resistant eye protection was available on site for use.

Issued

2025-02-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-02-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4965.00 · Current $2483.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1):Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section.  Location: Worksite  On or about November 5, 2024, employees were exposed to fall hazards of over 20 feet while performing siding activities while working from unguarded pump jack scaffolding, where the employer did not ensure that fall protection was in place, by any means.

Issued

2025-02-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-02-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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.   Location: Worksite  On or about November 5, 2024, employees were exposed to fall hazards of over 20 feet while performing siding activities while working from unguarded pump jack scaffolding, where the employer did not ensure that employees could recognize the hazards to be able to control or minimize them.