OSHA Inspection: JOSE ALBERTO CASAS

Issued

2013-01-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-02-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)(a):    On or about November 15, 2012, an employee was exposed to chemical hazards when the employer did not have a hazard communication program.  The employee was exposed to chemicals such as, but not limited to, dust generated when sawing Hardie Plank siding.

Issued

2013-01-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-02-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): The employer did not have a material safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical which they used: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)(a):    On or about November 15, 2012, an employee was exposed to chemical hazards when the employer did not have a safety data sheet for each chemical in use.  The employee was exposed to chemicals such as, but not limited to, dust generated when sawing Hardie Plank siding.

Issued

2013-01-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-02-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area: (Construction Reference: 1926.59):    On or about November 15, 2012, an employee was exposed to chemical hazards when the employer did not provide employees information on the location of the program and MSDS, or employee training.  Employees were exposed to chemicals such as, but not limited to, dust generated when sawing Hardie Plank siding.

Issued

2013-01-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-02-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6): Scaffolds were not designed by a qualified person:    On or about November 15, 2012, an employee was exposed to approximately 20-foot fall hazards when the employee was working from a job-made scaffold on building 1519.  The scaffold consisted of a board bridging the gap between the end of the pump jack scaffold and the saw horse located on the top apartment deck and decking extending from the sawhorse to the apartment decks floor.  A design by a qualified person would not have included deficiencies such as, but not limited to, the lack of fall protection and pump jack poles that were not braced at the bottom.

Issued

2013-01-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-02-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.    On or about November 15, 2012, employees were exposed to approximately 20-foot fall hazards when employees were working from pump jack and job-made scaffolds without the supervision of a competent person who would have recognized deficiencies such as, but not limited to, working on scaffolds without fall protection and pump jack poles that were not braced at the bottom.

Issued

2013-01-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-02-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $0.00 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 November 15, 2012, employees were exposed to approximately 20-foot fall hazards when employees were working from pump jack and job-made scaffolds on building 1519 without fall protection.

Issued

2013-01-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-02-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2): Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom.    On or about November 15, 2012, employees were exposed to approximately 20-foot fall hazards when employees working from pump jack scaffolds on building 1519 did not have the bottoms of the poles braced.

Issued

2013-01-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-02-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

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.    On or about November 15, 2012, employees were exposed to approximately 20-foot fall hazards when employees working from pump jack and job-made scaffolds on building 1519 had not received fall protection training for scaffolds.