OSHA Inspection: LATINO CONSTRUCTION

Issued

2012-08-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1500.00 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 before being released for use by employees other than erection/dismantling crews:      a) Jobsite-1022-1024 Fairmount Ave, Philadelphia, PA- Employees were performing stucco work at approximately 18 ft. above ground level from a tubular welded scaffold which did not have the guardrails along all open sides.  Observed on or about 6/15/12.    NOTE: No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

2012-08-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(i):     Each platform unit (e.g., scaffold plank, fabricated plank, fabricated deck, or fabricated platform) was not installed so that the space between adjacent units and the space between the platform and the uprights were no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, except where the employer can demonstrate that a wider space is necessary.    a) Jobsite-1022-1024 Fairmount Ave, Philadelphia, PA- Employees were performing stucco work at approximately 18 ft. above ground level from a tubular welded scaffold which was not fully planked.  Observed on or about 6/15/12.    NOTE: No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

2012-08-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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.      a) Jobsite-1022-1024 Fairmount Ave, Philadelphia, PA- Employees were performing stucco work at approximately 18 ft. above ground level from a tubular welded scaffold that did not have a means of access such as a ladder.  Observed on or about 6/15/12.    Note: No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

2012-08-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-03-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a):     The employer shall have each employee who performs 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. The training shall include the following areas, as applicable:    a) Jobsite-1022-1024 Fairmount Ave, Philadelphia, PA- Employees were performing stucco work at approximately 18 ft. above ground level from a tubular welded scaffold without scaffold safety training. Observed on or about 6/15/12.    Note:Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement