OSHA Inspection: BEVERLY RUIZ

Issued

2014-09-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.252(a): An enclosed chute of wood, or equivalent material, was not used where materials were dropped more than 20 feet to points lying outside the exterior walls of the building(s):  a. Site- Employees working from the ground were not protected from overhead struck by hazards where roofing debris was being dropped from the roof over 20 feet from the ground.

Issued

2014-09-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

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:  a. Roof- The employer failed to provide fall protection training to each employee who was exposed to a fall hazard.

Issued

2014-09-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-03 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:  a. Roof- Employees using a Werner extension ladder to access the roof were exposed to a fall hazard where the ladder did not extend 3 feet above the landing surface.

Issued

2014-09-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $28000.00 · Current $28000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10):  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, was not 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, 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, the use of a safety monitoring system alone:  a. Roof- Employees working from the roof were exposed to a fall of approximately 23 feet where the employer failed to utilize fall protection.