OSHA Inspection: MIGUEL TORRES

Issued

Dec 16, 2024

Penalty

Initial $2,765 · Current $2,765

General-duty citation text

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:  a)  At 10978 Naples Avenue, Lot 96 The Verandas, Fairhope, Alabama:  On December 4, 2024; the employer allowed his employees to operate pneumatic nail gun without eye protection while performing framing activities exposing his employees to struck-by hazards.

Issued

Dec 16, 2024

Penalty

Initial $4,148 · Current $4,148

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(2): Scaffold platforms and walkways were not at least 18 inches wide:   a)  At 10978 Naples Avenue, Lot 96 The Verandas, Fairhope, Alabama:  On December 4, 2024; the employer allowed his employees to perform framing activities from a job made scaffold with a work platform that measured only 6 inches wide exposing his employees to a fall hazard of 15 feet 5 inches to the ground below.

Issued

Dec 16, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:   a)  At 10978 Naples Avenue, Lot 96 The Verandas, Fairhope, Alabama:  On December 4, 2024; the employer allowed his employees to perform framing activities from a job made scaffold without using fall protection exposing his employees to a fall hazard of 15 feet 5 inches to the ground below.

Issued

Dec 16, 2024

Abate by

Dec 31, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:    a)  At 10978 Naples Avenue, Lot 96 The Verandas, Fairhope, Alabama:  On December 4, 2024; the employer allowed his employees to perform framing activities from a job made scaffold without ensuring his crew was trained on the hazard associated with scaffolds to include but not limited to erecting and inspecting scaffolding exposing his employees to a fall hazard of 15 feet 5 inches to the ground below.

Issued

Dec 16, 2024

Penalty

Initial $4,148 · Current $4,148

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)  At 10978 Naples Avenue, Lot 96 The Verandas, Fairhope, Alabama:  On December 4, 2024; the employer allowed his employees to perform framing activities without using fall protection exposing his employees to a fall hazard of 11 feet 11 inches  to the ground below.

Issued

Dec 16, 2024

Abate by

Dec 31, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:   a)  At 10978 Naples Avenue, Lot 96 The Verandas, Fairhope, Alabama:  On December 4, 2024; the employer allowed his employees to perform framing activities without first ensuring his employees were trained on the hazards associated with falls to include but not limited to inspecting and erecting fall protection exposing his employees to a fall hazard of 11 feet 11 inches  to the ground below.