OSHA Inspection: CARLOS MARTINEZ ABUNDIS

Issued

2012-08-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-08-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $960.00 Reduced

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 8/1/12 and at times prior thereto employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 13.8 ft. in height to the unpaved ground level below from a scaffold that only had two planks, while installing soffit.

Issued

2012-08-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-08-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(4): Each end of a platform, not cleated or otherwise restrained by hooks or equivalent means, did not extend over the centerline of its support at least 6 inches (15 cm):    On or about 8/1/12 and at times prior thereto employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 7 ft. in height to the unpaved ground level below from a scaffold that had planking extending over the support approximately 2.75 inches.

Issued

2012-08-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-08-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(i): The end of a platform 10 feet or less in length extended over its support more than 12 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees and/or materials without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilivered end:    On or about 8/1/12 and at times prior thereto employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 13.8 ft. in height to the unpaved ground level below from a scaffold that had planking extending over the support approximately 29 inches.

Issued

2012-08-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-08-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

CFR 1926.451(c)(2):  Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:    On or about 8/1/12 and at times prior thereto employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 13.8 ft. in height to the unpaved ground level below from a scaffold that had its legs resting on planks that were not level on the ground, and resting on sand bags, while installing a soffit.

Issued

2012-08-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-08-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $960.00 Reduced

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 8/1/12 and at times prior thereto employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 13.8 ft. in height to the unpaved ground level below when using the end frames of the scaffold to climb onto the scaffold to install soffit.

Issued

2012-08-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-08-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level:                                                                                                            On or about 8/1/12 and at times prior thereto employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 13.8 ft. in height to the unpaved ground level below from a scaffold that had no railing on the upper level, while installing a soffit.

Issued

2012-08-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-08-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $1440.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performs work while on a scaffold(s) trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize those hazards associated with the type of scaffold(s) being used and to understand the procedure(s) to control or minimize those hazards:                                                                                                  On or about 8/1/12 and at times prior thereto employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 13.8 ft. in height to the unpaved ground level below from a scaffold that had various hazards to include but not limited to: no railing on the upper level, poles not resting on base plates, scaffolding not fully planked, scaffolding planks extending approximately 30 in. beyond the support, other scaffolding planks extending only 3 inches beyond the support, no means off accessing the scaffold, and unstable objects used to support the poles of the scaffolding.

Issued

2012-08-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-08-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee who was involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question:                                                                                                                                                     On or about 8/1/12 and at times prior thereto employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 13.8 ft. in height to the unpaved ground level below from a scaffold that had various hazards to include but not limited to: no railing on the upper level, poles not resting on base plates, scaffolding not fully planked, scaffolding planks extending approximately 30 in. beyond the support, other scaffolding planks extending only 3 inches beyond the support, no means off accessing the scaffold, and unstable objects used to support the poles of the scaffolding.