OSHA Inspection: SALOMON CASANOVA

Issued

May 30, 2014

Abate by

Jun 25, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $500 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 March 5, 2014, at a jobsite located at 606 Wyoming Dr. Murphy, TX 75094; employees walking and working below workers above them did not wear head protection and were exposed to the hazards of falling tools or materials.

Issued

May 30, 2014

Abate by

Jun 25, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Except as provided in paragraphs (b)(2)(i) and (b)(2)(ii) of this section, each scaffold platform and/or walkway was not at least 18 inches (46 cm) wide:    On or about March 5, 2014, at a jobsite located at 606 Wyoming Dr. Murphy, TX 75094; employees were working from the second tier of a tubular welded scaffold platform that was approximately 10 inches wide and were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 12 feet.

Issued

May 30, 2014

Abate by

Jun 25, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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. Crossbraces were used as a means of access.   On or about March 5, 2014, at a jobsite located at 606 Wyoming Dr. Murphy, TX 75094; employees  climbed 12-feet on crossbraces from the lower surface level to access the second tier of a tubular welded scaffold. The employer did not provide a ladder or other means of direct access to the second tier of the scaffold and employees were exposed to the hazards of falling to the ground below.

Issued

May 30, 2014

Abate by

Jun 25, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  This violation occurred on March 5, 2014 at a jobsite located at: 606 Wyoming Dr. Murphy, TX 75094; where at least one (1) employee, who was working on a tubular welded scaffold that was approximately 12-feet above the lower level, was not protected from falling to the ground below.