OSHA Inspection: ZENON LARA CRUZ

Issued

2014-03-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):  a) Fabricated Scaffolding System located right of the residential structures front door: On or about January 22, 2014, the employer and/or a competent person did not ensure the 3rd level of the scaffolding system was fully decked before used which exposed an employee to a fall of 18-feet to the ground below.

Issued

2014-03-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

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 cantilevered end:  a) Fabricated Scaffolding System located right of the residential structures front door: On or about January 22, 2014, the employer and/or designated competent person did not ensure the platform planks were erected and used with no more than 18-inches of extension over its respective supports which exposed employees to a fall of 18-feet to the ground below.

Issued

2014-03-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 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) Fabricated Scaffolding System located left of the residential structures front door: On or about January 22, 2014, the employer did not ensure base plates were used and allowed the scaffolding poles to be placed directly on wooden mudsills which exposed employees to falls up to 12-feet to the ground below.  b) Fabricated Scaffolding System located left of the residential structures front door: On or about January 22, 2014, the employer did not ensure base plates were used and allowed the scaffolding poles to be placed directly on wooden mudsills which exposed employees to being struck by falling scaffolding systems and/or building materials on them.

Issued

2014-03-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 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, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used:  a) Fabricated Scaffolding Systems: On or about January 22, 2014, the employer did not provide a safe means of access  and allowed employees to climb the framework of the scaffold which exposed an employees to a falls up to 18-feet to the ground below.

Issued

2014-03-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 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) Fabricated Scaffolding Systems: On January 22, 2014, the employer did not ensure a competent person inspected and deemed the scaffolding system safe for use which exposed employees to falls up to 18-feet to the ground below.  b) Fabricated Scaffolding Systems: On January 22, 2014, the employer did not ensure a competent person inspected and deemed the scaffolding system safe for use which exposed employees to being struck by falling scaffolding systems and/or building materials on them.

Issued

2014-03-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(4): Part(s) of a scaffold that were damaged or weakened, such that the scaffold's strength was less than that required by paragraph (a) of this section, were not immediately repaired, replaced, braced to meet those provisions, nor removed from service until repaired:  a) Fabricated Scaffolding Systems located left of the residential structures front door: On or about January 22, 2014, the employer did not ensure bent scaffolding frames were not used which exposed employees to falls up to 12-feet to the ground below.  b) Fabricated Scaffolding System located left of the residential structures front door: On or about January 22, 2014, the employer did not ensure bent scaffolding frames were not used which exposed employees to being struck by falling scaffolding systems and/or building materials on them.

Issued

2014-03-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:  a) Fabricated Scaffolding System located right of the residential structures front door: On or about January 22, 2014, the employer did not ensure a competent person was present and/or supervised the erecting, dismantling, and any altering which exposed an employees to a falls up to 18-feet to the ground below.

Issued

2014-03-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

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) Fabricated Scaffolding System located right of the residential structures front door: On or about January 22, 2014, the employer did not ensure guardrail systems and/or an equivalent fall protection method was implemented and used which exposed an employee to falls up to 18-feet to the ground below.