OSHA Inspection: GONZALEZ MASONRY

Issued

Mar 22, 2013

Abate by

Apr 19, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:    On or about January 17, 2013, employees performing masonry activities on a residential home on upper levels of a scaffold system and the employees working below were not wearing hard hats.  Employees were exposed to head injuries from flying or falling objects.

Issued

Mar 22, 2013

Abate by

Apr 19, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 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 January 17, 2013, employees performing masonry activities on a residential home were working on platforms that were not fully planked.  Employees were exposed to the hazard of falling approximately 21 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Mar 22, 2013

Abate by

Apr 19, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:      On or about January 17, 2013, employees performing masonry activities on a residential home on upper levels of a scaffold system did  not have base plates installed on the legs and posts to have firm stability and prevent shifting or collapsing.  Employees were exposed to the hazard of falling approximately 21 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Mar 22, 2013

Abate by

Apr 17, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(ii): Unstable objects were used to support scaffolds or platform units:    On or about January 17, 2013, employees performing masonry activities on a residential home were working on a tubular scaffold system and the scaffold legs were erected on stone blocks, making the scaffold system unstable and exposing employees to the hazard of falling approximately 21 feet from the ground.

Issued

Mar 22, 2013

Abate by

Apr 19, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 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, sturcture, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.    On or about January 17, 2013, employees performing masonry activities on a residential home were accessing the scaffold system by means of cross braces and side rails.  The employer did not have a ladder system attached.  Employees were exposed to the hazard of falling to the ground below.

Issued

Mar 22, 2013

Abate by

Apr 19, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms before being released for use by employees:    On or about January 17, 2013, employees performing masonry activities on a residential home were working on the upper levels of the scaffold system without end rails.  Employees were exposed to the hazard of falling from heights up to approximately 21 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Mar 22, 2013

Abate by

Apr 19, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $640 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1): Each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects.  For falling objects too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected, the employer did not place and secure such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall.    On or about January 17, 2013, employees performing masonry activities on a residential home were working on the upper levels of a scaffold system without toe boards or protective devices to protect the employees working at lower levels.  Employees were working at upper levels with bricks, tools and other equipment and the employees below were exposed to being struck by falling objects.