OSHA Inspection: LEONARD CADENA

Issued

Aug 26, 2013

Abate by

Sep 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6): Scaffolds were not designed by a qualified person:   At the site, on a job-built scaffold; employees were engaged in residential construction unprotected, exposing employees to fall hazards greater than 10 feet.

Issued

Aug 26, 2013

Abate by

Sep 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Platform(s) on all working levels of scaffolds, were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and guardrail supports :  At the site, on a job-built scaffold, where an employee was nailing plywood while standing on a single board, he was exposed to fall hazards of over 10 feet.

Issued

Aug 26, 2013

Abate by

Sep 3, 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, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6):   At the site, on a job-built scaffold, where an employee was nailing plywood, there were no ladders available to access the scaffold exposing the worker to fall hazards of over 10 feet.

Issued

Aug 26, 2013

Abate by

Sep 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.  At the site, on a job-built scaffold, where an employee was nailing plywood, there were no guardrails present, exposing the worker to fall hazards of over 10 feet.

Issued

Aug 26, 2013

Abate by

Sep 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):   At the site, on the roof, where employees were carrying and nailing plywood to the roof trusses, employees were exposed to fall hazards of over 30 feet.