OSHA Inspection: JUAN LOPEZ

Issued

2016-04-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $300.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:  At the jobsite located at 823 Bramerton, Andover, KS., employees engaged in residential roofing activities were exposed to health hazards from dermal, ingestion, and inhalation exposure to hazardous chemicals.  The employer had not developed or implemented a written hazard communication program to ensure that employees were aware of the hazards associated with the chemicals with which they work.  Hazardous chemicals used at the site included but were not limited to gasoline.

Issued

2016-04-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $300.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required material safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s):  At the jobsite located at 823 Bramerton, Andover, KS., employees engaged in residential roofing activities were exposed to health hazards from dermal, ingestion, and inhalation exposure to hazardous chemicals in that a copy of the required safety data sheet for gasoline was not maintained at the residential construction site.

Issued

2016-04-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $300.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:    At the jobsite located at 823 Bramerton, Andover, KS, employees engaged in residential roofing activities were exposed to health hazards related to dermal, ingestion, and inhalation exposure to hazardous chemicals in that employees had not been provided with training or information regarding the hazardous chemicals with which they work.  Hazardous chemicals such as gasoline were used at the residential construction site.

Issued

2016-04-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $700.00 Reduced

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 the jobsite located at 823 Bramerton, Andover, KS, employees engaged in residential roofing activities from a 7:12 pitch roof were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 9 1/2 feet from the eave of the residence to the ground below in that the employer did not provide training which would enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards.

Issued

2016-04-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there is a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, shall be protected by protective helmets:    At the jobsite located at 823 Bramerton, Andover, KS, employees engaged in residential roofing support activities, below employees working overhead, were exposed to struck by hazards in that protective helmets were not worn.

Issued

2016-04-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $400.00 Reduced

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:  At the jobsite located at 823 Bramerton, Andover, KS, employees engaged in residential roofing activities were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 9 ½  feet from the eave of the residence to the ground below while accessing and exiting the roof in that the portable ladder did not extend at least three feet above the upper landing and was not secured to the residence.

Issued

2016-04-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5600.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

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):  The employer is failing to protect employees from fall hazards when tearing off and installing shingles on residential structures.  This was most recently documented at the jobsite located at 823 Bramerton, Andover, KS, where employees engaged in residential re-roofing activities from a 7:12 pitch roof were observed tearing off and installing shingles approximately 9 1/2 feet above the ground below without fall protection.  The employer, Juan Lopez, 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 1001371, citation number 1, item number 1, and was affirmed as a final order on 11/10/2014, with respect to a workplace located at 1322 Estate Court, Wichita, KS.