OSHA Inspection: H GONZALEZ CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

Sep 30, 2025

Penalty

Initial $5,958 · Current $5,958

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.502(d)(6)(i): Personal fall arrest systems. Personal fall arrest systems and their use shall comply with the provisions set forth below. Effective January 1, 1998, body belts are not acceptable as part of a personal fall arrest system. Note: The use of a body belt in a positioning device system is acceptable and is regulated under paragraph (e) of this section.  Unless the snaphook is a locking type and designed for the following connections, snaphooks shall not be engaged: directly to webbing, rope or wire rope.   a.) On or about August 14, 2025, at 4909 Aspen Drive, Liberty Township, OH 45011, the employer failed to ensure that employees performing framing work on a residential home properly attached their personal fall arrest systems (PFAS). Employees' lanyards were tied around the framing and connected back onto themselves, with the shock absorbers positioned against the framing instead of between the harness and the anchorage point. As a result, employees were exposed to a fall hazard of 11 feet 4 inches.

Issued

Sep 30, 2025

Penalty

Initial $5,958 · Current $5,958

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.502(d)(11): Personal fall arrest systems. Personal fall arrest systems and their use shall comply with the provisions set forth below. Effective January 1, 1998, body belts are not acceptable as part of a personal fall arrest system. Note: The use of a body belt in a positioning device system is acceptable and is regulated under paragraph (e) of this section.  Lifelines shall be protected against being cut or abraded.   a.) On or about August 14, 2025, at 4909 Aspen Drive, Liberty Township, OH 45011, the employer failed to ensure that employees' personal fall arrest system (PFAS) lifelines were protected from cuts and abrasions. Employees performing framing activities were tied off by looping their lanyards around the wooden framing and securing them back onto themselves without protection from being cut or abraded. This exposed the lifelines to potential wear, fraying, or severing from contact with sharp or abrasive edges of the framing material. As a result, employees were exposed to a fall hazard of 11 feet 4 inches.

Issued

Sep 30, 2025

Penalty

Initial $11,916 · Current $11,916

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.503(a)(1): Training program. The employer shall provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards. The program shall enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and shall train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards.  a) On or about August 14, 2025, the employer failed to provide a training program and training for the employees exposed to a fall hazard while performing roofing work at 4909 Aspen Drive, Liberty Twp, OH 45011.  H. Gonzalez Construction LLC, 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 1818536, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on May 13, 2025, with respect to a workplace located at 4844 Aspen Drive, Liberty Township, OH 45011 .