OSHA Inspection: RAFAEL PALOMINO

Issued

Sep 5, 2013

Abate by

Sep 17, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $2,400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.28(a):  The employer did not require the wearing of appropriate personal protective equipment in all operations where there is an exposure to hazardous conditions:  (a) On or about 7/5/13- 2322 12th Avenue North, Birmingham, AL, employees utilizing Cemex Type I Portland Cement and Cemex Citadel Colonial Buff Type N Masonry Cement were not required to wear gloves.

Issued

Sep 5, 2013

Abate by

Sep 13, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:  (a) On 7/5/13 - 2322 12th Avenue North, Birmingham, AL, employees working on and around a fabricated frame scaffold were exposed to falling tools, boards, and other construction-related items and not wearing head protection.

Issued

Sep 5, 2013

Abate by

Sep 13, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

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 7/5/13 - 2322 12th Avenue North, Birmingham, AL, employees were exposed to a fall of 12 feet while working from fabricated frame scaffolding that was not fully decked.  (b) On or about 7/5/13 - 2322 12th Avenue North, Birmingham, AL, employees were exposed to a fall of 18 feet while working from fabricated frame scaffolding that was not fully decked.

Issued

Sep 5, 2013

Abate by

Sep 13, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(7): On scaffolds where platforms are overlapped to create a long platform, the overlap did not occur only over supports:  (a) On 7/5/13 - 2322 12th Avenue North, Birmingham, AL, the fabricated frame scaffold platforms did not overlap its supports by 12 inches.

Issued

Sep 5, 2013

Abate by

Sep 13, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $2,400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1)(i):  Guys, ties, and braces were not installed at locations where horizontal members support both inner and outer legs:  (a) On 7/5/13 - 2322 12th Avenue North, Birmingham, AL, four employees were working from fabricated frame scaffolding with missing bracing.

Issued

Sep 5, 2013

Abate by

Sep 13, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

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 7/5/13 - 2322 12th Avenue North, Birmingham, AL, employees were exposed to a fall of over 12 feet while climbing the scaffold frame.

Issued

Sep 5, 2013

Abate by

Sep 13, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level:  (a) On or about 7/5/13 - 2322 12th Avenue North, Birmingham, AL, employees working from fabricated frame scaffolding were not protected from falling over 12 feet.  (b) On or about 7/5/13 - 2322 12th Avenue North, Birmingham, AL, employees working from fabricated frame scaffolding were not protected from falling over 18 feet.

Issued

Sep 5, 2013

Abate by

Sep 24, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1):  The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)   (a) On or about 7/5/13, 2322 12th Avenue North, Birmingham, AL, a written hazard communication program was not developed and implemented for employees working with chemicals such as Cemex Type I Portland Cement and Cemex Citadel Colonial Buff Type N Masonry Cement.