OSHA Inspection: MARCO DOMINGUEZ

Issued

May 29, 2012

Abate by

Jun 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1):  Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):    a)  On or about 5/5/12 and at times prior thereto employee(s) were exposed to a fall of approximately 6 ft. 4 in. to the concrete ground level below while plastering the side of a building.

Issued

May 29, 2012

Abate by

Jun 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(4): Each end of a platform, which was not cleated or otherwise restrained by hooks or equivalent means, did not extend over the centerline of its support at least 6 inches:    a)  On or about 5/5/12 and at times prior thereto employee(s) were exposed to a fall of approximately 6 ft. 4 in. to the concrete ground level below while plastering the side of a building.

Issued

May 29, 2012

Abate by

Jun 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used:    a)  On or about 5/5/12 and at times prior thereto employee(s) were exposed to a fall of approximately 6 ft. 4 in. to the concrete ground level below while plastering the side of a building.

Issued

May 29, 2012

Abate by

Jun 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $500 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:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person:    a)  On or about 5/5/12 and at times prior thereto employee(s) were exposed to a fall of approximately 6 ft. 4 in. to the concrete ground level below while plastering the side of a building.

Issued

May 29, 2012

Abate by

Jun 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards:    a)  On or about 5/5/12 and at times prior thereto employee(s) were exposed to a fall of approximately 6 ft. 4 in. to the concrete ground level below while plastering the side of a building.