OSHA Inspection: JOSE MARIA ACERO-CHUMA

Issued

2011-07-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-07-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7):  Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:    a. Site- Employees were exposed to fall hazards where ladder jack scaffolding was not erected by a competent person.

Issued

2011-07-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-07-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(k)(5): Scaffold platforms were bridged one to another.    a. Site- Employees were exposed to scaffold collapse hazards where ladder jack scaffolding utilized scaffold platforms bridged over the same ladder.

Issued

2011-07-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-07-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $0.00 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:    a. Site- Employees wearing personal fall arrest systems were not provided with fall protection training from the employer.

Issued

2011-07-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4200.00 · Current $2100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level.                                                                                                            a. Site- Employees working from ladder jack scaffolding were exposed to a fall of approximately 18 feet were fall protection was not used.

Issued

2011-07-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and fuardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system.  Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width, each employee was not protected by use of a monitoring system.  (a)(LOCATION)(IDENTIFY SPECIFIC OPERATIONS AND/OR CONDITIONS)(DESCRIBE HAZARD(S) WHERE NECESSARY)    a. Roof- Employees working from a flat roof where materials and equipment were stored were exposed to a fall of approximately 18 feet where fall protection was not used.

Issued

2011-07-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(11): Each employee on a steep roof with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was not protected from falling by guardrail systems with toeboards, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:    a. Roof- Employees working from the roof were exposed to a fall of approximately 18 feet were fall protection was not used.

Issued

2011-07-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-07-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(9): The area around the top and/or bottom of (a) ladder(s) was not kept clear:    a. Scaffold- Employees accessing ladder jack scaffolding were exposed to a fall while climbing up and over the scaffold platform where the top of the ladder was not kept clear.