OSHA Inspection: FROYLAN JUVENTINO JIMENEZ-RODRIGUEZ

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Abate by

Jul 25, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,680 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:    On or about July 6, 2012 on the East side of the construction site; employees working from a scaffold up to approximately 14 feet high were not trained in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to their work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury. This condition exposed the employees to fall and struck-by hazards.

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Abate by

Jul 25, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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)    On or about July 6, 2012 on the East side of construction site; an employee was observed working from the second level of a scaffold approximately 14 feet high that was not fully planked.  This condition exposed the employee to a fall hazard.

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Abate by

Jul 25, 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, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.      On or about July 6, 2012 on the Eastside of the construction site; employees were working from a two tier scaffold approximately 14 feet high that did not have proper access. This condition exposed the employees to a fall hazard.

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Abate by

Jul 25, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:    On or about July 6, 2012 on the Eastside of the construction site; an employee was working from the second level of a scaffold approximately 14 feet high that did not have guardrails. This condition exposed the employee to a fall hazard.