OSHA Inspection: ARMANDO CONSTRUCTION

Issued

Sep 29, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

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:   A) On scaffold - An employee was exposed to head injuries while working below masonry/ pointing activities. The employee was not protected by a hard hat or protective helmet, on or about April 8th, 2014.

Issued

Sep 29, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $2,400

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:                                                                                                             A) On Scaffold: Employees were exposed to eye/face injuries while using powder actuated fastners and were not protected with any type of eye/face protection, on or about April 8th, 2014.

Issued

Sep 29, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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:   A) On Scaffold : Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 12 and 18 feet while working on a fabricated framed scaffold that was not fully planked, on or about April 8th, 2014.

Issued

Sep 29, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms are 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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface shall be used.      A) On Scaffold - Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 12 and 18 feet while working on a fabricated framed scaffold that was not provided with safe access, on or about April 8th, 2014.

Issued

Sep 29, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1):   Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.   A) On Scaffold - Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 12 and 18 feet while working on a fabricated framed scaffold that was not protected by a complete guardrail system or other means of fall protection in place, on or about April 8th, 2014.