OSHA Inspection: FERNANDO JAVIER GARCIA

Issued

Oct 2, 2012

Abate by

Oct 24, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

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) Eyecare Plus - Employees were working from a scaffold system that did not have a safe access point (i.e. ladder) installed for employee access and egress.  The employees were using the cross-bracing and end-rails to gain access to the upper platform of the scaffold system. Employees were exposed to fall hazards approximately 12 feet above ground level.

Issued

Oct 2, 2012

Abate by

Oct 24, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms.    a) Eyecare Plus - Employees were working on a scaffold system two bucks high and approximately 12 feet without fall protection such as but not limited to a guardrail system installed along all open sides and ends of the platforms.  Employees were exposed to a fall hazard.

Issued

Oct 2, 2012

Abate by

Oct 24, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): Frames and panels were not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which would secure vertical members together laterally, and the cross braces were not of such length as would  automatically square    a) Eyecare Plus - Employees were working from a scaffold system where cross bracing had not been installed on all sections of the scaffold system to prevent displacement.  Several sections had one side cross braced.

Issued

Oct 2, 2012

Abate by

Oct 24, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $2,400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed 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.    a) Eyecare Plus - The employees working on the scaffold had not been trained by a competent/qualified person on recognizing fall hazards while working on scaffolds.  The employee was exposed to a fall hazard approximately 12 feet above ground level.