OSHA Inspection: NEYSA MORALES

Issued

2014-02-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $832.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye injury:  a)  3446 LLoyds Lane;  On or about December 12, 2013 and at times prior thereto, the employer exposed employees to eye injuries in that employees were allowed to operate a Dewalt brand chop saw to cut bricks without wearing eye protection.

Issued

2014-02-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $832.00 Reduced

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)  3446 LLoyds Lane;  On or about December 12, 2013 and at times prior thereto, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards of up to 11.3' in that employees were allowed to work from an outrigger and 1st buck of a tubular welded frame scaffold where the scaffolding was erected on mudsills without the required base plates.

Issued

2014-02-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(ii): Unstable objects were used to support scaffolds or platform units:  a)  3446 LLoyds Lane;  On or about December 12, 2013 and at times prior thereto, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards of up to 11.3' in that employees were allowed to work from an outrigger and 1st buck of a tubular welded frame scaffold where the scaffolding was supported by unstable objects.

Issued

2014-02-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $832.00 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.    a)  3446 LLoyds Lane;  On or about December 12, 2013 and at times prior thereto, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards of up to 9.5' in that employees were allowed to access scaffolding by climbing out the window of the second story of an apartment building.  Employees were not provided with any other means of safe access.

Issued

2014-02-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $832.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:  a)  3446 LLoyds Lane;  On or about December 12, 2013 and at times prior thereto, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards of up to 11.3' and collapse hazards by not ensuring a competent person inspected and corrected known and potential hazards before each work shift.

Issued

2014-02-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performs work while on a scaffold(s) trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize those hazards associated with the type of scaffold(s) being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.  a)  3446 LLoyds Lane;  On or about December 12, 2013 and at times prior thereto, the employer did not train employees to recognize scaffolding hazards (such as but not limited to footing requirements, safe access/egress, and fall protection) and the procedures to avoid the hazards (how to identify the hazards and procedures for reporting) which exposed employees to fall hazards of up to 11.3'.

Issued

2014-02-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $832.00 Reduced

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):   a)  3446 LLoyds Lane;  On or about December 12, 2013 and at times prior thereto, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards of up to 10.5' in that employees were allowed to work from the top of an entry way without being provided with fall protection.

Issued

2014-02-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $832.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.702(i)(1): Masonry saws were not guarded with a semicircular enclosure over the blade:  a)  3446 Lloyds Lane;  On or about December 12, 2013 and at times prior thereto, the employer exposed employees to struck by hazards in that employees were allowed to use a masonry saw for cutting brick that had the blade guard secured into the retracted position.