OSHA Inspection: GUERRERO COMPANY

Issued

2012-09-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-09-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1200.00 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)    a)  770 Glennbrooke Blvd, Prattville AL; On or about August 15, 2012 and at times prior thereto the employer exposed employees to a 13 foot 5 inch fall hazard in that employees were allowed to work from the top level of a two bucks high scaffold that was not fully planked.

Issued

2012-09-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-09-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii):     Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.    a)  770 Glennbrooke Blvd, Prattville AL; On or about August 15, 2012 and at times prior thereto the employer exposed employees to a 13 foot 5 inch fall hazard in that employees were allowed to work from the top level of a two bucks high scaffold without fall protection such as but not limited to guardrail systems, personal fall arrest systems, or safety net systems.

Issued

2012-09-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-09-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(i):     Footings were not level, sound, rigid, and capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement:    a)  770 Glennbrooke Blvd, Prattville AL; On or about August 15, 2012 and at times prior thereto the employer exposed employees to a 13 foot 5 inch fall hazard in that employees were allowed to work from the top level of a two bucks high scaffold that was erected on footings of wood and brick scraps set in dirt. The footing were not level, sound, or rigid.

Issued

2012-09-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-09-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1200.00 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.      a)  770 Glennbrooke Blvd, Prattville AL; On or about August 15, 2012 and at times prior thereto the employer exposed employees to a 13 foot 5 inch fall hazard in that employees were allowed to climb up the side of a two bucks high scaffold without the use of a ladder or other means of safe access.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.

Issued

2012-09-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-09-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $720.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(i)(2)(i):     Live parts of electric equipment operating at 50 volts or more were not guarded against accidental contact by cabinets or other forms of enclosures, nor by any of the means listed in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of this paragraph.    a)  770 Glennbrooke Blvd, Prattville AL; On or about August 15, 2012 the employer exposed employees to electrical hazards in that employees were allowed to walk and work around 110 volt AC bare conductors that were exposed without insulation or guarding.

Issued

2012-09-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-09-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $720.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.702(i)(1):     Masonry saws were not guarded with a semicircular enclosure over the blade:    a)  770 Glennbrooke Blvd, Prattville AL; On or about August 15, 2012 the employer exposed employees to struck by hazards in that employees were allowed to use a masonary saw that had the blade guard tied up into the retracted position.