OSHA Inspection: JOSE H MATUTE LLC

Issued

2025-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2838.00 · Current $2838.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.102(a)(1):The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.  On or about August 13, 2025, employees were exposed to eye injuries while engaged in residential construction activities operating a pneumatic nail gun. Eye protection was not being utilized while employees engaged in framing activities.

Issued

2025-09-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-10-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2838.00 · Current $2838.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.300(b)(2):Belts, gears, shafts, pulleys, sprockets, spindles, drums, fly wheels, chains, or other reciprocating, rotating or moving parts of equipment shall be guarded if such parts are exposed to contact by employees or otherwise create a hazard. Guarding shall meet the requirements as set forth in American National Standards Institute, B15.1-1953 (R1958), Safety Code for Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus.  On or about August 13, 2025, the employer did not ensure machinery was guarded as required.  The belt and wheel assembly on a Rolair Portable Air Compressor was running without guards, exposing employees to amputation hazards.  Abatement documentation is required of this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2025-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3972.00 · Current $3972.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.453(b)(2)(v): A safety harness with lanyard attached to the boom or basket was not worn by employee(s) working from an aerial lift: Note to paragraph (b)(2)(v): As of January 1, 1998, subpart M of this part (1926.502(d)) provides that body belts are not acceptable as part of a personal fall arrest system. The use of a body belt in a tethering system or in a restraint system is acceptable and is regulated under 1926.502(e).  On or about August 13, 2025,  the employer did not ensure all employees were wearing a safety harness while working from an aerial lift. Employees had personal fall arrest systems on site but did not utilize them while operating aerial lifts.

Issued

2025-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2838.00 · Current $2838.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(13):"Residential construction." Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall be protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system:  On or about August 13, 2025,  employees were exposed to falls of approximately 9.1 feet or more above ground level while engaged in residential construction activities. Fall protection was not being utilized while performing framing activities.

Issued

2025-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.502(d)(6): Unless the snaphook is a locking type and designed for the following connections, snaphooks shall not be engaged: 29 CFR  1926.502(d)(6)(i): directly to webbing, rope or wire rope.   On or about August 13, 2025, the employer did not ensure that employees properly utilized lanyards as part of a personal fall arrest system during residential framing activities. Employees secured the lanyard rope by wrapping the rope around a roof truss of a newly constructed residential structure and attaching it back to itself, thereby subjecting the lanyard to potential friction and damage.

Issued

2025-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1052(c)(1): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, shall be equipped with: 29 CFR  1926.1052(c)(1)(i):At least one handrail.  On or about August 13, 2025, the employer did not ensure that employees engaged in residential construction activities were protected when utilizing the interior stairs.  The handrail was missing between the first and second story staircase, exposing employees to fall hazards.

Issued

2025-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1052(c)(1): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, shall be equipped with: 29 CFR  1926.1052(c)(1)(ii):One stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge.  On or about August 13, 2025, the employer did not ensure that employees engaged in residential construction activities were protected when utilizing the interior stairs.  The stairrail was missing between the first and second story staircase, exposing employees to fall hazards.

Issued

2025-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2838.00 · Current $2838.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(1):When portable ladders are used for access to an upper landing surface, the ladder side rails shall extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder is used to gain access; or, when such an extension is not possible because of the ladder's length, then the ladder shall be secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and a grasping device, such as a grabrail, shall be provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder. In no case shall the extension be such that ladder deflection under a load would, by itself, cause the ladder to slip off its support.  On or about August 13, 2025,  the portable ladder to access the second level did not extend at least three (3') feet above the upper landing surface, thereby exposing employees to fall hazards.  Employees were using the ladder to access the roof for residential construction activities.

Issued

2025-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(13): The top or top step of a stepladder shall not be used as a step.  On or about August 13, 2025, the employer did not ensure ladders were used in a manner to prevent fall hazards. Employees were exposed to fall hazards while using the top step of an A-frame ladder to access the second level for residential construction activities.

Issued

2025-09-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-10-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.503(b)(1):The employer shall verify compliance with paragraph (a) of this section by preparing a written certification record. The written certification record shall contain the name or other identity of the employee trained, the date(s) of the training, and the signature of the person who conducted the training or the signature of the employer. If the employer relies on training conducted by another employer or completed prior to the effective date of this section, the certification record shall indicate the date the employer determined the prior training was adequate rather than the date of actual training.  On or about August 13, 2025,  employees were exposed to fall hazards while performing residential construction activities and the employer did not certify that employees had been trained to recognize fall hazards, and the procedure to be followed in order to minimize those hazards.  Abatement documentation is required of this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).