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Gerardo Cantu: OSHA inspections and violations

Edinburg, Texas · Framing Contractors · NAICS 238130

2inspections
3citation items
$8,052current penalties
Aug 6, 2018last inspection

Since 2016, OSHA inspectors have visited Gerardo Cantu in Texas 2 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Aug 6, 2018, in Harlingen.

In all, OSHA issued 3 citation items: 3 serious.

The proposed penalties came to $11,618; today they stand at $8,052, 31% less.

Among construction employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,080 penalty. Gerardo Cantu averages $4,026 across 2 cited inspections.

Gerardo Cantu: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343371993 OPENED AUG 6, 2018Closed

Programmed other · Partial · Safety · 5 employees at the site · Closed Apr 7, 2023

2020 South Sunshine Strip Bus. Hwy 77, Harlingen, TX 78550 · Framing Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1) · Fall protection in construction
Serious$3,252$3,252Oct 2, 2018Final

Inspection 341796183 OPENED SEP 20, 2016Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 6 employees at the site · Closed Mar 19, 2024

5001 Expressway 281, Edinburg, TX 78539 · Framing Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(3) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$4,183$2,400Feb 24, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v) · Aerial lifts
Serious$4,183$2,400Feb 24, 2017Final

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(3)

(3) In addition to meeting the requirements of § 1926.502(d), personal fall arrest systems used on scaffolds shall be attached by lanyard to a vertical lifeline, horizontal lifeline, or scaffold structural member. Vertical lifelines shall not be used when overhead components, such as overhead protection or additional platform levels, are part of a single-point or two-point adjustable suspension scaffold.

29 CFR 1926.453 · Aerial lifts

29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v)

(v) A body belt shall be worn and a lanyard attached to the boom or basket when working from an aerial lift.

29 CFR 1926.501 · Fall protection in construction

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1)

(b)(1) Unprotected sides and edges. Each employee on a walking/working surface (horizontal and vertical surface) with an unprotected side or edge which is 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level shall be protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.

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