OSHA Inspection: DOROTEO CRUZ-HERNANDEZ

Issued

2021-12-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4096.00 · Current $2458.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m)  or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501(b), nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502.  On or about November 18,  2021, at a residential construction site in Shenandoah,  TX  77384, employees were exposed to a fall hazard of more than 6 feet while laying shingles on a roof of a house without the use of any type of fall protection system.

Issued

2021-12-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2341.00 · Current $1405.00 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:   On or about November 18,  2021, at a residential construction site in Shenandoah,  TX  77384, employees were exposed to a fall hazard when using an extension ladder that was not extended at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface.