OSHA Inspection: JOSE ESTEBAN VELASQUEZ

Issued

2012-08-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-09-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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).    The employer does not fully plank each platform on all working levels of scaffold. This violation was observed at the construction site on August 01, 2012 where employee was exposed to an 11 foot 3 inch fall hazard while working from a scaffold that was not fully planked.

Issued

2012-08-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-09-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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.    The employer does not provide scaffolds with a proper access. This violation was observed at the construction site on August 01, 2012 where employees were exposed to an 11 foot 3 inch fall hazard while working from a scaffold that did not have proper access.

Issued

2012-08-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-09-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(a)(4): Diagonal bracing in both directions were not installed across the entire outside face of all double- and single-pole scaffolds.    The employer does not ensure that every pole scaffold has installed diagonal bracing in both directions across the entire outside face of the scaffold. This violation was observed at the construction site on August 01, 2012 where employees were exposed to an 11 foot 3 inch fall hazard while working from a scaffold without diagonal bracing.