OSHA Inspection: SALVADOR RODRIGUEZ AND SON CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Jun 28, 2012

Abate by

Jun 29, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1):     Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.        The employer does not protect employees in areas of flying debris without eye protection.  This violation was observed on or about June 12, 2012, on the residential site of newly built homes where employees were exposed to eye hazard when cutting  bricks without eye protection.

Issued

Jun 28, 2012

Abate by

Jun 29, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2):   Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:        The employer does not provide scaffold with base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation.  This violation was observed on or about June 12, 2012, on the east side of a newly built house where employees were exposed to a fall hazard when required to work on the platform at a height of 13 feet without base plates, mud sills or firm foundation.

Issued

Jun 28, 2012

Abate by

Jun 29, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 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, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Cross braces were used as a means of access.        The employer does not provide employees with access to the scaffold platform.  This violation was observed on or about June 12, 2012, on the east side of a newly built house where employees were exposed to a fall hazard when accessing the platform without a ladder.

Issued

Jun 28, 2012

Abate by

Jun 29, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i):     Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms.        The employer does not install guard rails on the scaffold.  This violation was observed on or about June 12, 2012, on the east and north sides of a newly built house where employees were exposed to a fall hazard when required to conduct brick masonry from a platform of 13 feet without a guard rail system.