OSHA Inspection: NOAH LARRAGA

Issued

Feb 27, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,360 · Current $1,360

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(1):     Power operated tool(s), designed to accommodate guards, were not equipped with such guards when in use:    At this worksite; employees installing a stucco and veneer stone finish to the exterior of the building, used an unguarded Drillmasters angle grinder without the guard to cut and trim the stone finish.

Issued

Feb 27, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(g)(2)(iii):     The repair splice in a hard service flexible cord No. 12 or larger did not retain the insulation, outer sheath properties, and usage characteristics of the cord which was being used:    At this worksite, employees used cord and a  plug portable hand tool connected by an extension cord to the power supply pole and the extension cord had been inadequately repaired.

Issued

Feb 27, 2013

Abate by

Mar 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

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):    At this worksite, employees worked from the top of scaffolds where the walking/working platforms were not fully planked or decked such as but not limited to the following:    a.  The two tiered scaffold on the west end of the building where employees worked at a height of twelve and one-half feet above the concrete ground level.    b.  The five tiered scaffold on the east end of the building where employees worked at a height of thirty-five feet above the concrete ground level.

Issued

Feb 27, 2013

Abate by

Mar 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Cross braces were used as a means of access.    At this worksite, employees worked from scaffolds at heights greater than ten feet and the employer did not ensure safe access and egress such as but not limited to the following:    a.  The two-tiered scaffold on the west end of the building; and    b.  The five-tiered scaffold on the east end of the building.

Issued

Feb 27, 2013

Abate by

Mar 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.    At this worksite, employees worked from scaffolds at heights greater than ten feet and were not provided fall protection such as but not limited to the following:    a.  The two-tiered scaffold on the east end of the building; and    b.  The five-tiered scaffold on the west end of the building.

Issued

Feb 27, 2013

Abate by

Mar 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(ii):     A toeboard was not erected along the edge of platforms more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower levels for a distance sufficient to protect employees below:    At this worksite, toeboards were not in place to protect employees working at the ground level where employees worked overhead on scaffolds such as but not limited to the following:    a.  The two-tiered scaffold on the west end of the building; and    b.  The five-tiered scaffold on the east end of the building.