OSHA Inspection: RAUL GRANADOS

Issued

Apr 29, 2013

Abate by

May 7, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $250 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):    (a)  On or about March 28, 2013, employees were exposed to fall hazards from a scaffold that was approximately 15 feet high and was not fully planked.    Abatement Note: Abatement certification is required for this item (see enclosed Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet).

Issued

Apr 29, 2013

Abate by

May 7, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii): The end of a platform greater than 10 feet in length extended over its support more than 18 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilivered end:  (a)  On or about March 28, 2013, employees were exposed to fall hazards from a scaffold whose planking extended more than 18 inches past the load bearing supports.   Abatement Note: Abatement certification is required for this item (see enclosed Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet).

Issued

Apr 29, 2013

Abate by

May 7, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $250 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(ii): Unstable objects were used to support scaffolds or platform units:    (a)  On or about March 28, 2013, employees were exposed to fall hazards from a scaffold platform that was supported by a closed step ladder.      Abatement Note: Abatement certification is required for this item (see enclosed Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet).

Issued

Apr 29, 2013

Abate by

May 7, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:  (a)  On or about March 28, 2013, employees were exposed to fall hazards from a scaffold that was improperly supported and inadequately planked.  Abatement Note: Abatement certification is required for this item (see enclosed Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet).

Issued

Apr 29, 2013

Abate by

May 7, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $250 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, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used:    (a)  On or about March 28, 2013, employees were exposed to fall hazards when climbing the supporting closed stepladder and planking to get onto the pump jack scaffold platform.      Abatement Note: Abatement certification is required for this item (see enclosed Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet).

Issued

Apr 29, 2013

Abate by

May 7, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $250 Reduced

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:    (a)  On or about March 28, 2013, employees were exposed to fall hazards from a scaffold that was approximately 15 feet high that had no guardrails, personal fall arrest systems, or any other fall protection system.    Abatement Note: Abatement certification is required for this item (see enclosed Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet).

Issued

Apr 29, 2013

Abate by

May 7, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)(i): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with at least one handrail:  (a)  On or about March 28, 2013, the employer did not protect employees from falls on the stairway from the first to the second floor of the building in that it did not have a handrail.    Abatement Note: Abatement certification is required for this item (see enclosed Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet).