Sunnyvale, Texas Framing Contractor Cited for Alleged OSHA Violations

The United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) cited Francisco Rubio, a Sunnyvale, Texas framing contractor, for two alleged serious and ten alleged repeat violations for failing to protect workers from falls and electrical, and struck-by hazards at a worksite in Rockwall, Texas. The contractor could be forced to pay $82,200.00 in fines.  OSHA inspected the worksite on Barton Springs Lane in Rockwall and allegedly found that workers were framing a house without the use of certain protective equipment.  The alleged serious violations were for failing to ensure that electrical cords were capable of carrying the proper load or current and failing to provide fire extinguishers.  The alleged repeat violations included failing to provide fall protection equipment, failing to provide safe access to elevated work areas, failing to ensure the use of safety glasses, and failing to ensure that work platforms and walkways were at least eighteen inches wide.

Written By: Dean Malone

Dean Malone

Dean Malone is the founder of Law Offices of Dean Malone, P.C., a jail neglect civil rights law firm. Mr. Malone earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Texas at Dallas, graduating summa cum laude with a 4.0 GPA, and from Baylor University School of Law with a general civil litigation concentration. Mr. Malone served in several staff positions for the Baylor Law Review, including executive editor. Mr. Malone is an experienced trial lawyer, trying a number of cases to jury verdict and also handling arbitrations through final hearing. He heads the jail neglect section of his law firm, in which lawyers litigate cases involving serious injury and death resulting from jail neglect and abuse. Lawyers frequently refer cases to Mr. Malone due to his focus on this very complicated civil rights practice area.