OSHA Inspection: BERNARDINO PINEDA

Issued

2013-09-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $1200.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.25(a): During the course of construction, alteration, or repairs,  debris was not kept cleared from work areas, passageways, and stairs, in and around buildings or other structures:  JOBSITE:  The construction debris, such as (but not limited to) broken pieces of lumber and old roofing material was scattered on the ground in and around the walking/working area.

Issued

2013-09-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:  JOBSITE:  The employees, walking/working on the ground underneath the overhead work were not protected by protective helmets from falling objects.

Issued

2013-09-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

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):  JOBSITE:  The employee, engaged in installing roof sheathing on the steep pitched (8 in 12 pitch) roof, was not protected from the hazard of falling between 20 feet 11 inches to 36 feet to the ground by guardrails, personal fall arrest system or other equivalent means.

Issued

2013-09-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-10-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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:  JOBSITE:  The employee, exposed to the hazard of falling while installing roofing sheathings on the steep pitched (8 in 12 pitch) roof was not provided with information and training to control or minimize such hazards.

Issued

2013-09-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-10-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize hazards related to ladders and stairways:  JOBSITE:  The employees, using a fiberglass extension ladder to have access to an upper working level were not provided with information and training regarding the safe use and handling of the ladder.

Issued

2013-09-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder�s length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:  JOBSITE:  The side rails of the fiberglass extension ladder, used by the employees as a means of access to the upper working deck did not extend at least 3 feet above the roof.

Issued

2013-09-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(5)(i): Non-self-supporting ladder(s) were not used at an angle such that the horizontal distance from the top support to the foot of the ladder was approximately one-quarter of the working length of the ladder (the distance along the ladder between the foot and the top support:  JOBSITE:  The horizontal distance from the vertical support to the base of the 40 foot fibeglass extension ladder which was used by the employees to access the upper working deck of a house to perform work was more than one fourth (1/4) of the working length of the ladder.