OSHA Inspection: ARTURO OBERG

Issued

May 15, 2014

Abate by

May 25, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  Northwest corner of building, On or about March 18, 2014, employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 10 feet in elevation to the ground level below when accessing the metal awning of a 3/12 pitch roof from a fabricated frame scaffold that had 3 of the posts resting on a concrete walkway and a wooden plank and did not employ base plates.

Issued

May 15, 2014

Abate by

May 25, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

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.  Cross braces were used as a means of access.  Northwest corner of building, On or about March 18, 2014, employee was exposed to a fall of approximately 10 feet in elevation to the ground level below from a fabricated frame scaffold approximately 14 feet in height used to access the metal awning and to place brick.

Issued

May 15, 2014

Abate by

May 25, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): "Unprotected sides and edges." Each employee on a walking/working surface (horizontal and vertical surface) with an unprotected side or edge which is 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:  Northwest corner of the building's brick wall, On or about March 18, 2014 employee(s) were exposed to a fall greater than 6 feet to a concrete walk way at ground level below when standing on the west side metal awning laying brick; and not tied off.

Issued

May 15, 2014

Abate by

May 25, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(c):  When employees were exposed to falling objects the employer did not require employees to wear hard hats and did not implement measures to prevent objects from falling from higher levels as set forth in (c)(1)-(3) of this section:  North side of building, On or about March 18, 2014, employees were exposed to a struck by hazard, when working and walking at ground level approximately 2 feet away from the metal roof without hard hats, from items such as but not limited to:  bricks and a bucket.