OSHA Inspection: PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Issued

2013-03-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $765.00 · Current $574.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.95(a):  Personal protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, was not provided, used, or maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition it was necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation, or physical contact.    At the project on or about February 5, 2013, where hand protection was not used when mixing and applying Hansen Portland cement. Wet portland cement can cause caustic burns, sometimes referred to as cement burns. Cement burns may result in blisters, dead or hardened skin, or black or green skin. In severe cases, these burns may extend to the bone and cause disfiguring scars or disability.

Issued

2013-03-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-03-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $900.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(iii):  Unstable objects were used as working platforms:    At the project site, on or about February 5, 2013, an employee was laying concrete block while on the makeshift working platform, consisting of wood and concrete blocks .  Unstable freestanding concrete blocks were used to support the wooden planks.

Issued

2013-03-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-03-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access:    At the project site, on or about February 5, 2013, a portable ladders or other acceptable means of access was not provided to access the makeshift scaffold.  An employee was observed ascending and descending the makeshift scaffold by stepping onto concrete blocks.

Issued

2013-03-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-03-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $900.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.701(b): All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and/or into which employees could fall or come against, was not guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement:    At the project site, on or about February 5, 2013, and at times prior thereto, there was no guards on multiple rebars that protruded about 18 to 36 inches from the walls of the structure.