OSHA Inspection: CONCEPCION DE LA LUZ HERNANDEZ DBA HERNANDEZ ROOFING

Issued

Mar 10, 2025

Abate by

Apr 17, 2025

Penalty

Initial $438 · Current $438

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1903.19(c)(1):The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:  The employer did not provide certification to OSHA that the cited violations issued on January 06, 2025, had been abated.

Issued

Mar 10, 2025

Abate by

Apr 17, 2025

Penalty

Initial $438 · Current $438

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1903.19(d)(1): The employer did not submit to the Agency documents demonstrating that abatement is complete for each willful or repeat violation and for any serious violation for which the Agency indicates in the citation that such abatement documentation is required.   The employer did not provide documentation to OSHA that the cited REPEAT violation issued on January 06, 2025, had been abated.

Issued

Jan 6, 2025

Abate by

Jan 22, 2025

Penalty

Initial $3,042 · Current $3,042

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1):  The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part:  On December 17, 2024, an employee was exposed to fall hazards, on a residential construction site in Ridge Farm, Illinois.   The employer did not have an effective safety and health program with specific work rules, competent person oversight, and employee training to govern employees' activities.

Issued

Jan 6, 2025

Abate by

Jan 15, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2):  The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s):  On December 17, 2024, an employee was exposed to fall hazards, on a residential construction site in Ridge Farm, Illinois.   The employer did not have a competent person at the construction site conducting frequent and periodic safety inspections.

Issued

Jan 6, 2025

Abate by

Jan 15, 2025

Penalty

Initial $3,042 · Current $3,042

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(16)(iii):  Personal fall arrest systems, when stopping a fall, were not rigged such that an employee could not free fall more than 6 feet (1.8 m) nor contact any lower level:  On December 17, 2024, an employee was exposed to fall hazards of 9'-10", due to the personal fall arrest system being rigged in a manner that allowed a free fall of more than 6 feet and for the employee to contact a lower level, on a residential construction site in Ridge Farm, Illinois.

Issued

Jan 6, 2025

Abate by

Jan 15, 2025

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 who might be exposed to fall hazards:   On December 17, 2024, an employee was exposed to fall hazards of 9'-10", while roofing without fall protection, on a residential construction site in Ridge Farm, Illinois.  The employer did not provide construction safety training to the employee, in order to provide him with the knowledge necessary to recognize the hazards of falling and the safety requirements associated with fall protection, as well as the proper work procedures to follow, in order to minimize and eliminate the fall hazards.

Issued

Jan 6, 2025

Abate by

Jan 15, 2025

Penalty

Initial $9,126 · Current $9,126

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):    On December 17, 2024, an employee was exposed to fall hazards of 9'-10" without fall protection, while roofing, on a residential construction site in Ridge Farm, Illinois.  THE CONCEPCION DE LA LUZ HERNANDEZ WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD OR ITS EQUIVALENT STANDARD 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13), WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 1681510, CITATION 1 ITEM 1 AND WAS AFFIRMED AS A FINAL ORDER ON AUGUST 22, 2023, WITH RESPECT TO A WORKPLACE LOCATED 621 W JASPER STREET, PARIS, ILLINOIS 61944.