OSHA Inspection: CARLOS CHAVEZ

Issued

May 2, 2025

Penalty

Initial $2,837 · Current $2,837

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 3087 Wymond Drive, Lot 172 Wyndham Village, Opelika, Alabama:  On March 25, 2025; the employer allowed his employees to operate pneumatic nail guns without eye protection while performing siding activities exposing his employees to struck-by hazards.

Issued

May 2, 2025

Penalty

Initial $3,547 · Current $3,547

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used:  a)  At 3087 Wymond Drive, Lot 172 Wyndham Village, Opelika, Alabama:  On March 25, 2025; the employer allowed his employees to perform siding activities  from a ladder jack scaffold without a separate ladder for employees to use to get on and off the scaffold exposing his employees to a fall hazard of  19 feet 2 inches to the ground below.

Issued

May 2, 2025

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 3087 Wymond Drive, Lot 172 Wyndham Village, Opelika, Alabama:  On March 25, 2025; the employer allowed his employees to perform siding activities  from a ladder jack scaffold without using fall protection exposing his employees to a fall hazard of  19 feet 2 inches to the ground below.  b)  At 3087 Wymond Drive, Lot 172 Wyndham Village, Opelika, Alabama:  On March 25, 2025; the employer allowed his employees to perform siding activities  from a pump jack scaffold without using fall protection exposing his employees to a fall hazard of  14 feet 10 inches to the ground below.

Issued

May 2, 2025

Abate by

May 16, 2025

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 3087 Wymond Drive, Lot 172 Wyndham Village, Opelika, Alabama:  On March 25, 2025; the employer allowed his employees to perform siding activities  from scaffolding without first ensuring his employees were trained on the hazards associated scaffolds to include but not limited erecting and inspecting scaffolds exposing his employees to a fall hazard of  up to 19 feet 2 inches to the ground below.

Issued

May 2, 2025

Penalty

Initial $2,837 · Current $2,837

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 3087 Wymond Drive, Lot 172 Wyndham Village, Opelika, Alabama:  On March 25, 2025; the employer allowed his employees to perform siding activities  without using fall protection.

Issued

May 2, 2025

Abate by

May 16, 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 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 3087 Wymond Drive, Lot 172 Wyndham Village, Opelika, Alabama:  On March 25, 2025; the employer allowed his employees to perform siding activities  without first ensuring his employees were trained on the hazards associated with falls to include but not limited to setting up and inspecting fall protection exposing his employees to a fall hard of 10 feet 4 inches.