OSHA Inspection: SAUL SAUCEDA

Issued

May 12, 2014

Abate by

Jun 6, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe condition(s) and the regulation(s) applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazard(s) or other exposure to illness or injury:  (a) The employer did not instruct the employees in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the methods to control or eliminate hazards associated with their work environment, such as, but not limited to, working from unprotected elevated areas and using pneumatic nail guns. The employees were exposed to struck-by and fall hazards.

Issued

May 12, 2014

Abate by

May 30, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  (a) The employer did not train employees installing fascia from a job-made scaffold to ensure the employees were able to recognize and minimize the hazards associated with working from scaffold systems. The employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 19-feet, 10-inches to the next lower level.

Issued

May 12, 2014

Abate by

May 22, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:  (a) In the front of the residence, employees were using pneumatic nail guns to install fascia on a 2-story single family residence without protective eyewear. The employer did not ensure safety glasses were being used, exposing the employees to a struck-by hazard.

Issued

May 12, 2014

Abate by

May 30, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6): Scaffolds were not designed by a qualified person:  (a) In the front of the residence, a job-made scaffold that was being used to install fascia on a 2-story single family residence was not designed and erected by a qualified person, exposing the employees to a fall of approximately 19-feet, 10-inches to the next lower level.

Issued

May 12, 2014

Abate by

May 22, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Scaffold platforms and walkways were not at least 18 inches wide:  (a) In the front of the residence, employees were installing fascia on a 2-story single family residence from a job-made scaffold that was equipped with 10-inch and 12-inch wide platforms, exposing the employees to a fall of more than 19-feet to the next lower level.

Issued

May 12, 2014

Abate by

May 22, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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) In the front of the residence, the employer did not provide a safe means of access for employees using a job-made scaffold to install fascia on a two-story single family home, exposing the employees to a fall of more than 19-feet to the next lower level.

Issued

May 12, 2014

Abate by

May 22, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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:  (a) In the front of the residence, employees were working from a job-made scaffold installing fascia on a 2-story single family residence without the use of a fall protection system. The employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 19-feet, 10-inches to the next lower level.