OSHA Inspection: ABRAHAM RAMIREZ

Issued

May 13, 2026

Penalty

Initial $4,965 · Current $2,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.20(b)(2): Accident prevention responsibilities.  Such programs shall provide for frequent and regular inspections of the job sites, materials, and equipment to be made by competent persons designated by the employers.  a) On or about May 12, 2026, the employer failed to ensure that frequent inspections were being completed for the jobsite located at 770 Maple Ave. in Hamilton, OH, exposing employees conducting roofing work to fall hazards greater than 16 feet due to lack of fall protection and improper ladder set up.

Issued

May 13, 2026

Penalty

Initial $4,965 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(10): "Roofing work on Low-slope roofs." Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this section, each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs, with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall be protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system. Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width (see Appendix A to subpart M of this part), the use of a safety monitoring system alone [i.e. without the warning line system] is permitted.  a) On May 12, 2026, the employer failed to ensure that employees performing roofing activities on a commercial building were utilizing a fall protection system, resulting in employees being exposed to fall hazards greater than 16 feet to the parking lot below.

Issued

May 13, 2026

Abate by

Jun 23, 2026

Penalty

Initial $4,965 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.503(a)(1): 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 May 12, 2026, the employer failed to ensure that employees performing roofing work on a commercial building had been trained in the identification and hazard recognition, exposing employees to fall hazards greater than 16 feet.

Issued

May 13, 2026

Penalty

Initial $4,965 · Current $0 Reduced

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.  a) On or about May 12, 2026, the employer failed to ensure that the ladders being used by employees to gain access to the roof to conduct roofing activities were extended 3 feet above the upper landing surface, resulting in employees being exposed to fall hazards greater than 16 feet to the asphalt parking lot below.