OSHA Inspection: HUGO CRUZ-TAPIA

Issued

2014-03-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-04-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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:  At a commerical building under construction, an employee was applying stucco to the side wall using a fabricated frame scaffold without fall protection.  The employee was exposed to falls of over 18 feet to the ground.

Issued

2014-03-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-04-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  At a commercial building under construction, an employee used a fabricated  frame scaffold without access.  The employee was exposed to fall hazards of over 18 feet to the ground.