OSHA Inspection: GUALPA CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

2025-02-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-03-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3547.00 · Current $1000.00 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 15, 2024, employees were exposed to fall hazards of over 20 feet and struck-by hazards while performing roofing activities, where the employer did not ensure that a competent person performed frequent and regular inspections of the site.

Issued

2025-02-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-03-04 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 15, 2024, employees were exposed to struck-by hazards while performing roofing activities and using pneumatic nail guns, where the employer did not ensure that impact resistant eye protection was available on site for use.

Issued

2025-02-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-03-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4965.00 · Current $1000.00 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).  Location: Worksite  On or about November 15, 2024, employees were exposed to fall hazards of over 20 feet while performing roofing activities, where the employer did not provide fall protection, by any means.

Issued

2025-02-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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.  Location: Worksite  On or about November 15, 2024, employees were exposed to fall hazards of over 20 feet while performing roofing activities, where the employer did not ensure that employees could recognize fall hazards nor know how to minimize them.