OSHA Inspection: ABELARDO ORTIZ

Issued

Dec 13, 2012

Abate by

Dec 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a):     Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    The employer does not ensure employees are protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there is danger from falling or flying objects. This violation was observed on or about June 18, 2012, on the west end of the scaffolding where employees were exposed to falling hand tools, buckets, and concrete block while working on and around the scaffold without wearing a hardhat.      Pursuant to 29 C.F.R. 1903.19, within ten (10) calendar days of the abatement date, the employer must submit documentation showing that it is in compliance with the standard, including describing the steps that it is taking to ensure that employees are provided protective helmets to guard against head injuries caused from falling or flying objects.

Issued

Dec 13, 2012

Abate by

Dec 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(3):     Supported scaffold poles, legs, post, frames, and/or uprights were not plumb and braced to prevent swaying and displacement:    The employer does not ensure that supported scaffold poles, legs, post, frames, and/or uprights are braced.  This violation was observed on or about June18, 2012, on the West end of a tubular welded frame scaffold where employees were exposed to a fall hazard when erecting a masonry wall without properly installing crossbraces along the west end of the scaffold.    Pursuant to 29 C.F.R. 1903.19, within ten (10) calendar days of the abatement date, the employer must submit documentation showing that it is in compliance with the standard, including describing the steps that it is taking to ensure that all sections of the scaffolding are properly braced.

Issued

Dec 13, 2012

Abate by

Dec 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

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.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.    The employer does not ensure when scaffold platforms are more that 2 feet above or below a point of access a ladder or other means of access is used.  This violation was observed on or about June 18, 2012, on the upper west end section of the scaffolding where employees were exposed to a fall hazard where a ladder was not provided and crossbracing was used to access the scaffold.    Pursuant to 29 C.F.R. 1903.19, within ten (10) calendar days of the abatement date, the employer must submit documentation showing that it is in compliance with the standard, including describing the steps that it is taking to ensure that ladders or other means are provided to safely access the scaffold.