OSHA Inspection: JAIME FLORES-MONJARAZ

Issued

2013-12-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 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) At the site, on or about 10/28/2013, the working level of tubular welded frame scaffolding, approximately 10 feet above the ground, was not fully planked. A gap of approximately 20 inches existed between the platform and the uprights, exposing employees to fall hazards.

Issued

2013-12-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 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, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access:  a) At the site, onor about 10/28/2013, a ladder was not provided to allow employees access to the working levels of the tubular welded frame scaffolding, approximately 21 feet above the ground, causing employees to use the cross-bracing and end frames as a means of access, exposing employees to fall hazards.

Issued

2013-12-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level:  a) At the site, on or about 10/28/2013, employees engaged in masonry work on the third tier of a tubular welded frame scaffold were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 21 feet above the ground when working from the scaffold without fall protection.  b) At the site, on or about 10/28/2013, employees engaged in materials handling from one tubular welded frame scaffold approximately 13 feet above the ground, without fall protection, to the third tier of another tubular welded frame scaffold.

Issued

2013-12-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

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) At the site, on or about 10/28/2013, Employees using Holcim Type N Masonry Cement for brick and stone work were exposed to injuries from caustic materials while performing the masonry work without the employer utilizing a program.