OSHA Inspection: RICARDO LOPEZ

Issued

Nov 28, 2012

Abate by

Dec 24, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.25(a):  During the course of construction, alteration, or repairs,  debris was not kept cleared from work areas, passageways, and stairs, in and around buildings or other structures:    (a)  On or about 6/29/12, at the front of the residence, stones and other debris were not kept cleared from the work areas, exposing employees to tripping and fall hazards.

Issued

Nov 28, 2012

Abate by

Dec 24, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(b)(1):  Employer did not ensure that electrical equipment was free from recognized hazards that were likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees:    (a)  On or about 6/29/12, at the southeast corner of the property, the employer did not ensure that the electrical box that supplied power for the tools used by the employees was enclosed or guarded against incidental contact, exposing the employees to electrical hazards.

Issued

Nov 28, 2012

Abate by

Dec 24, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(b)(2):  Listed, labeled, or certified equipment was not installed and used in accordance with instructions included in the listing, labeling, or certification:      (a)  On or about 6/29/12, near the southeast corner of the property, an outlet box was used to connect power tools to the electric meter and was not used in accordance with manufacturer's instructions and specifications.  Employees who used the tools plugged into this box were exposed to hazards of electric shock or electrocution.

Issued

Nov 28, 2012

Abate by

Dec 24, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(i)(2)(i):  Live parts of electric equipment operating at 50 volts or more were not guarded against accidental contact by cabinets or other forms of enclosures, nor by any of the means listed in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of this paragraph:    (a) On or about 6/29/12, near the southeast corner of the property, energized electrical wires were not guarded to prevent accidental contact by the employees.  Employees were exposed to electric shock or electrocution.

Issued

Nov 28, 2012

Abate by

Dec 24, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(d):  Panelboards mounted in cabinets, cutout boxes or enclosures designed for the purpose were not dead front:    (a)  On or about 6/29/12, near the southeast corner of the property, the live wires were accessible by unqualified personnel and were not dead fronted.  Employees were exposed to the hazards of electric shock.

Issued

Nov 28, 2012

Abate by

Dec 24, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

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:     (a)  On or about 6/29/12, at the front of the residence, the top level of the scaffold platform was not fully planked, exposing employees to fall hazards greater than 10 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Nov 28, 2012

Abate by

Dec 24, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(4):  Part(s) of a scaffold that were damaged or weakened, such that the scaffold's strength was less than that required by paragraph (a) of this section, were not immediately repaired, replaced, braced to meet those provisions, nor removed from service until repaired:    (a)  On or about 6/29/12, at the front of the residence,  planks used in the top level of the scaffold were split and were still being used as part of the scaffold platform, exposing employees to fall hazards greater than 10 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Nov 28, 2012

Abate by

Dec 24, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access:    (a)  On or about 6/29/12, on the front of the residence, a ladder was not provided for employees to use to access the second platform of the scaffold.  Employees were exposed to fall hazards greater than 10 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Nov 28, 2012

Abate by

Dec 24, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii):  Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section:    (a)  On or about 6/29/12, at the front of the residence, the employees were working from the second level of the scaffold and were not protected from falling by the use of guardrails or other fall protection systems.  The employees were exposed to falls greater than 10 feet to the ground below.