OSHA Inspection: NOBERTO LOPEZ

Issued

Nov 7, 2013

Abate by

Nov 20, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

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)  At 1173 Weatherford St Auburn, Alabama:  On or about October 30, 2013 and at times prior; the employer failed to ensure a scaffold platform used by employees at the front of the house did not extend more then 18 inches past the supports.  The platform in use extended 6 feet past the support exposing employees to fall hazards.  b)  At 1173 Weatherford St Auburn, Alabama:  On or about October 30, 2013 and at times prior; the employer failed to ensure a scaffold platform used by employees on the side of the house  did not extend more than 18 inches past the supports.  The platform in use extended 10 feet past the supports exposing employees to fall hazards.

Issued

Nov 7, 2013

Abate by

Nov 20, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $2,400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  a)  At 1173 Weatherford St Auburn, Alabama:  On or about October 30, 2013 and at times prior; the employer failed to install mud sills at the base of the pump jack scaffold support poles located at the front of the house exposing his employees to fall hazards of 13.4 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Nov 7, 2013

Abate by

Nov 20, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $2,400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(3): Supported scaffold poles, legs, post, frames, and/or uprights were not plumb and braced to prevent swaying and displacement:  a)  At 1173 Weatherford St Auburn, Alabama:  On or about October 13, 2013 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to work from a pump jack scaffold located at the front of the house which did not have it support legs plumb exposing employees to fall hazards of 13.4 feet to ground below.

Issued

Nov 7, 2013

Abate by

Nov 20, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $2,400

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:  a)  At 1173 Weatherford St Auburn, Alabama:  On or about October 30, 2013 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to work from an elevated pump jack scaffold without fall protection exposing them to fall hazards of 13.4 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Nov 7, 2013

Abate by

Nov 20, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(k)(5): Scaffold platforms were bridged on to another:  a)  At 1173 Weatherford St Auburn, Alabama:  On or about October 30, 2013 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to work from scaffold platforms that were bridged together with cargo straps exposing them to fall hazards.