OSHA Inspection: ANDRES GAYTAN

Issued

Apr 21, 2014

Abate by

Apr 24, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets.      On or about January 17, 2014, at a residential structure located at 131 The Woods, Woodland's Edge, Little Rock, Arkansas, 72211, employees working on scaffold and at ground level were exposed to head impact hazards from stacked bricks and other construction materials. The employer did not ensure employees were protected by the use of hardhats. Employees were observed/exposed to struck by hazards.

Issued

Apr 21, 2014

Abate by

Apr 24, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Platform(s) on all working levels of scaffolds, were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and guardrail supports such that the space between adjacent units, and the space between the platform and the uprights.        On or about January 17, 2014, at a residential structure located at 131 The Woods, Woodland's Edge, Little Rock, Arkansas 72211, employees were performing residential brick construction. The employer did not ensure platforms on all working levels of scaffolds were fully planked. Employees were observed/exposed to trip and elevated fall hazards of greater than 11 feet to unfinished ground below from scaffold.

Issued

Apr 21, 2014

Abate by

Apr 25, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(4): Each end of a platform, not cleated or otherwise restrained by hooks or equivalent means, did not extend over the centerline of its support at least 6 inches (15 cm)    On or about January 17, 2014, at a residential structure located at 131 The Woods, Woodland's Edge, Little Rock, Arkansas 72211, employees were performing residential brick laying construction.  The employer did not ensure platforms on all working levels of scaffolds were fully planked.  Employees were observed exposed to trip and fall hazards of greater than 11 feet to the unfinished ground below from scaffold.

Issued

Apr 21, 2014

Abate by

Apr 24, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(a)(2): Crossbracing shall be installed between the inner and outer sets of poles on double pole scaffolds.      On or about January 17, 2014, at a residential structure located at 131 The Woods, Woodland's Edge, Little Rock, Arkansas 72211, employees were performing residential brick construction. The employer did not ensure crossbars and crossbracing were installed on both sides of scaffold. Employees were observed/exposed to elevated fall hazards of greater than 11feet to unfinished ground below from scaffold.

Issued

Apr 21, 2014

Abate by

Apr 24, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.      On or about January 17, 2014, at a residential structure located at 131 The Woods, Woodland's Edge, Little Rock, Arkansas, 72211, employees were performing residential brick construction. The employer did not ensure employees were properly trained by a competent person qualified to identify the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used, and to be able to minimize those hazards. Employees were observed/exposed to fall hazards of greater than 11 feet to unfinished ground below from scaffold.

Issued

Apr 21, 2014

Abate by

Apr 24, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee who was involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work.   On or about January 17, 2014, at a residential structure located at 131 The Woods, Woodland's Edge, Little Rock, Arkansas, 72211, the employer did not ensure employees applying brick on residential construction were properly trained on scaffold construction by a competent person to recognize hazards associated with the work. Employees were observed/exposed to fall hazards of greater than 11 feet to unfinished ground below from scaffold.

Issued

Apr 21, 2014

Abate by

Apr 24, 2014

Penalty

Initial $6,160 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(i): Footings were not level, sound, rigid and capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement.      Andres Gaytan was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.051(c)(2)(i), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 315174268, citation number 1, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on 11/05/2013, with respect to a workplace located at 13410 Fox Field Lane, Little Rock, AR, 72211.      On or about January 17, 2014, at a residential structure located at 131 The Woods, Woodland's Edge, Arkansas 72211, employees were performing residential brick construction. The employer allowed employees to work on scaffolds with unstable footings, where unstable pieces of lumber and brick were placed to support scaffold. Employees were observed/exposed to elevated fall hazards of greater than 11 feet to unfinished ground below from scaffold.

Issued

Apr 21, 2014

Abate by

Apr 24, 2014

Penalty

Initial $6,160 · Current $1,000 Reduced

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.      Andres Gaytan was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.451(g)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 315174268, citation number 1, item number 4 and was affirmed as a final order on 11/05/2013, with respect to a workplace located at 13410 Fox Field Lane, Little Rock, AR, 72211.      On or about January 17, 2014, at a residential structure located at 131 The Woods, Woodland's Edge, Little Rock, Arkansas, 72211, employees were performing residential brick construction. The employer did not ensure employees working on scaffold were using fall protecting systems. Employees were observed/exposed to fall hazards of greater than 11 feet to unfinished ground below.