OSHA Inspection: PORFIRIO MACIAS CRUZ

Issued

2013-06-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $1200.00

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which was free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to the hazard of falls of approximately 7 feet in height to the ground level below, when using a damaged Louisville 8 feet fiberglass step ladder, which was missing the back side portion of the ladder, while gaining access and egress to and from the first level of the welded frame scaffold.

Issued

2013-06-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $1200.00

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 March 11, 2013, employees were exposed to struck by hazards, when not wearing hard hats, while throwing bricks from the ground level onto the first level and from first level to the second level of the scaffold platform.

Issued

2013-06-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

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 March 11, 2013, employees were exposed to falls of up to approximately 14 feet 4 inches in height to the ground level below, when working from the work platform of the scaffold, which had only two scaffold planks and approximately 3 feet apart, while installing the brick veneer to the front of the residential home.

Issued

2013-06-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(i): The end of a platform 10 feet or less in length extended over its support more than 12 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees and/or materials without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end:  On or about March 11, 2013, employees were exposed to falls of approximately 14 feet 4 inches in height to the ground level below, when an employee was standing on the cantilevered end of the work platform that extended approximately 24 inches beyond the scaffold frame support, while installing the brick veneer to the residential home.

Issued

2013-06-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

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:   On or about March 11, 2013, employees were exposed to falls of approximately 14 feet 4 inches in height to the ground level below, when working from the scaffold which did not have a ladder to the upper levels, while accessing and egressing the scaffold platforms.

Issued

2013-06-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:   On or about March 11, 2013, employees were exposed to falls of approximately 14 feet 4 inches in height to the ground level below, when working from a scaffold which was not provided with a guard rail system, while installing the brick veneer to the residential home.

Issued

2013-06-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $2400.00

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:Note:  This requirement does not apply to float (ship) scaffolds where an edging of 3/4 inch x 1 1/2 inch (2 x 4 cm) wood or equivalent was used in lieu of toeboards.   On or about March 11, 2013, employees were exposed to struck-by hazards, when the welded frame scaffold was not provided with toeboards on the first and second levels of the platform, while employees were throwing bricks from the ground level onto the first level and from first level to the second level of the scaffold platform.