OSHA Inspection: RAUL MARTINEZ RAYMUNDO

Issued

Apr 14, 2025

Penalty

Initial $3,121 · Current $3,121

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  a) New residential construction on Lot #409: On 3/11/2025, the employer exposed employees to collapse/fall hazards, in that no adequate firm foundation was in place to support scaffold poles while performing siding operations.

Issued

Apr 14, 2025

Penalty

Initial $3,121 · Current $3,121

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(iii): Unstable objects were used as working platforms:  a) New residential construction on Lot #394: On 3/11/2025, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards, in that the employer allowed employees to extend the walking-working surface of a pump jack scaffold with a piece of wood creating an unstable working surface.

Issued

Apr 14, 2025

Penalty

Initial $3,902 · Current $3,902

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(c)(1): Specified exposure control methods. For each employee engaged in a task identified on Table 1, the employer shall fully and properly implement the engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection specified for the task on Table 1, unless the employer assesses and limits the exposure of the employee to respirable crystalline silica in accordance with paragraph (d) of this section.  a) New residential construction located on Lot #409: On or about 3/11/2025, the employer exposed employees to respiratory health related hazards due to silica exposure from dry cutting fiber cement siding outside without any engineering controls as described in Table-1 for Silica. The employer failed to provide a circular saw with a HEPA vacuum attachment.

Issued

Apr 14, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1153(d)(2)(i): The employer did not assess the exposure of each employee who was or may reasonably be expected to be exposed to respirable crystalline silica at or above the action level in accordance with either the performance option in paragraph (d)(2)(ii) or the scheduled monitoring option in paragraph (d)(2)(iii) of this section:   a) New residential construction at Lot #409, side of structure: On 3/11/2025, the employer failed to conduct an exposure assessment for each employee on respirable crystalline silica being cut as employees working in the area were not provided with PPE needed to work in close proximity of the silica dust being created.

Issued

Apr 14, 2025

Penalty

Initial $4,681 · Current $4,681

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 agents:  a)New residential construction at Lot #409: On 3/11/2025, the employer exposed employees to struck-by hazards while operating pneumatic nail guns, in that protective eyewear was not provided while operating these tools at 125 PSI.  Raul Martinez Raymundo was previously cited for a serious violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1707587, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on 05/02/2024, with respect to a workplace located Lot 19 Buford, GA 30519.

Issued

Apr 14, 2025

Penalty

Initial $7,803 · Current $7,803

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.  a) New residential construction on Lots #394: On 3/11/2025, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards of approximately 12-feet 5-inches to the lower ground level while installing siding from a pump jack scaffold, in that a fall protection system was not provided to employees engaged in siding installation activities.  b) New residential construction on Lots #409: On 3/11/2025, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards of approximately 8-feet 6-inches to the lower ground level while installing siding from a pump jack scaffold, in that a fall protection system was not provided to employees engaged in siding installation activities.  Raul Martinez Raymundo was previously cited for a serious violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1707587, citation number 1, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on 05/02/2024, with respect to a workplace located Lot 19 Buford, GA 30519.