OSHA Inspection: ALVAREZ MASONRY

Issued

2014-01-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $300.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there is a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:     This violation was most recently observed on or about January 14, 2014, at the construction site located at 9095 Custer Road, Plano, Texas; where employees were exposed to struck-by hazards while working in areas where overhead hazards existed.

Issued

2014-01-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(1): When power operated tools are designed to accommodate guards, they were not equipped with such guards when in use:     This violation was most recently observed on or about January 14, 2014, at the construction site located at 9095 Custer Road, Plano, Texas; where employees were exposed to amputation and struck-by hazards while using power operated tools without the use of a guard:     a.  A Dewalt grinder with a 4-inch diamond blade; and   b.  A Bosch cutter with a 12-inch diamond blade.

Issued

2014-01-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as follows:     This violation was most recently observed on or about January 14, 2014, at the construction site located at 9095 Custer Road, Plano, Texas; where employees were exposed to fall hazards while working from tubular welded frame scaffolds that were not fully planked.

Issued

2014-01-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $300.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms are 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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface were not used. Crossbraces were used as a means of access:    This violation was most recently observed on or about January 14, 2014, at the construction site located at 9095 Custer Road, Plano, Texas; where employees were exposed to fall hazards while accessing/descending levels of a tubular welded frame scaffold without the use of a ladder.

Issued

2014-01-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level:    This violation was most recently observed on or about January 14, 2014, at the construction site located at 9095 Custer Road, Plano, Texas; where employees were exposed to fall hazards while working from tubular welded frame scaffolds without the use of a guardrail system or personal fall arrest system.