OSHA Inspection: ROCIO CARBAJAL

Issued

2015-04-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-05-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(14): Each employee working on, at, above, or near wall openings (including those with chutes attached), where the outside bottom edge of the wall opening was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels and the inside bottom edge of the wall opening is less than 39 inches (1.0 M) above the walking/working surface, is not protected from falling by the use of a guardrail system, a safety net system, or a personal fall arrest system.       At 14520 Briar Forest Drive, Houston, TX; an unprotected employee was installing Gyp Board at a wall opening without fall protection at an approximate height of 10 feet, exposing employee to falls hazards.

Issued

2015-04-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-05-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $1200.00

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:      At 14520 Briar Forest Drive, Houston, TX; untrained employees worked on a second floor of an apartment complex at approximately 10 feet in height, exposing employees to fall hazards.