OSHA Inspection: FRANCISCO FUENTES

Issued

Jul 23, 2014

Abate by

Jul 31, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $210 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:    On or about April 28, 2014, at the job site located at 10801 Paul Eells Blvd., North Little Rock, Arkansas, the employer did not ensure that employees walking and working on scaffold and ground level were protected by hardhats from impact of falling objects. This practice created conditions which exposed the employees to struck by hazards.

Issued

Jul 23, 2014

Abate by

Jul 31, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1):   Each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects.  For falling objects too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected, the employer did not place and secure such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall.  On or about April 28, 2014, at the job site located at 10801 Paul Eells Blvd., North Little Rock, Arkansas the employer did not place and secure items such as but not limited to bricks, hand tools, and other objects away from the edge of the working surface to prevent them from falling on employees. Employees working on the ground and the third tier of a scaffold were not provided with additional protection through installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects. This practice created conditions which exposed the employees to struck by hazards.

Issued

Jul 23, 2014

Abate by

Jul 31, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $210 Reduced

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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):     On or about April 28, 2014 at the job site located at 10801 Paul Eells Blvd., North Little Rock, Arkansas on a scaffold, the employer did not ensure platforms on all working levels of scaffolds were fully planked.  The 2 inch thick by 10 inch wide by 12 foot long planking used by employees was not fully planked and had greater than two foot gaps between the planking.  This practice created conditions which exposed employee(s) to falling from heights greater than 14 feet to unfinished ground below.

Issued

Jul 23, 2014

Abate by

Jul 31, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Scaffold platforms and walkways were not at least 18 inches wide:  On or about April 28, 2014 at the job site located at 10801 Paul Eells Blvd., North Little Rock, Arkansas  the employer did not ensure employees walking and working from scaffold platforms and walkways were protected from falls. An employee was working from a single 2 inch thick by 10 inch wide by 12 foot long platform, on the second ledge of the building, exposed to greater than 14 feet fall hazards to the unfinished ground below. The walking / working platform was held in place on one end by an individual piece of the scaffold step frame, while the other end rested on top of the edge of the adjacent scaffolds third tier plank.

Issued

Jul 23, 2014

Abate by

Jul 31, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $210

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(i): Footings were not level, sound, rigid, and capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement.        On or about April 28, 2014 at the job site located at 10801 Paul Eells Blvd., North Little Rock, Arkansas  the employer allowed employees to work on scaffolds with unstable footings. Employees were performing bricklaying activities on the west side of the residential apartment building at heights greater than 14 feet and stacked unstable pieces of lumber were used to support the footings of the scaffold. This condition created employee exposure to scaffold collapse and elevated fall hazards of greater than 14 feet to unfinished ground below.

Issued

Jul 23, 2014

Abate by

Jul 31, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.       On or about April 28, 2014, at the job site located at 10801 Paul Eells Blvd., North Little Rock, Arkansas the employer did not ensure employees were properly protected by the use of fall protection systems while working on a scaffold. This practice exposed the employee to fall hazards of greater than 14 feet to unfinished ground below from scaffold.

Issued

Jul 23, 2014

Abate by

Jul 31, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms before being released for use by employees other than erection/dismantling crews:   On or about April 28 2014 at the job site located at 10801 Paul Eells Blvd., North Little Rock, Arkansas the employer did not ensure there were guardrails at the working level of the scaffold. An employee was observed performing bricklaying activities from the third level of the supported scaffold without guardrails on the open side and ends to prevent fall from height hazards of greater than 14 feet to unfinished ground below from scaffold.

Issued

Jul 23, 2014

Abate by

Jul 31, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $210 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:    On or about April 28, 2014, at the job site located at 10801 Paul Eells Blvd., North Little Rock, Arkansas the employer did not ensure the job-made ladder extended three feet above the second floor landing.  An employee was observed using the ladder to access the second floor landing while performing bricklaying activities of the apartment building.  This condition exposed the employees to the hazard of stumbling and falling from heights greater than 13 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Jul 23, 2014

Abate by

Jul 31, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(8): Ladders placed in a location where they could be displaced by workplace activities or traffic, such as in passageways, doorways, or driveways, were not secured to prevent accidental displacement, nor was a barricade used to keep the activities or traffic away from the ladder.   On or about April 28, 2014, at the job site located at 10801 Paul Eells Blvd., North Little Rock, Arkansas the employer did not ensure the job-made ladder was placed in a location where they could not be displaced by workplace activities. Employees were observed traveling in and out of the apartment building and up and down from ground to second floor opening and the job-made ladder was not secured to prevent accidental displacement or barricaded to keep other employees away from the ladder.

Issued

Jul 23, 2014

Abate by

Jul 31, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(9): The area around the top and/or bottom of (a) ladder(s) was not kept clear:   On or about April 28, 2014, at the job site located at 10801 Paul Eells Blvd., North Little Rock, Arkansas the employer did not ensure the area around the bottom of the job-made ladder was kept clear. Around the bottom area of the job-made ladder that employees were ascending and descending, contained debris including pieces of scrap brick and lumber, plastic weather stripping, flexible extension cords. This practice created a condition for employee hazards to trips and falls during mounting and dismounting.

Issued

Jul 23, 2014

Abate by

Jul 31, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(15): Ladders were not inspected by a competent person for visible defects on a periodic basis and after an occurrence that could affect their safe use:  On or about April 28, 2014, at the job site located at 10801 Paul Eells Blvd., North Little Rock, Arkansas the employer did not ensure the job-made ladder that employees were using was inspected for visible defects by a competent person prior to use. The job-made ladder had visible defects such as but not limited to protruding nails located on the rungs, rungs extending beyond the ladder side rails, rungs with split wood, rungs with chipped corners. This practice created a condition for employee hazards to getting apparel snagged and / or ladder collapsing during mounting and dismounting.

Issued

Jul 23, 2014

Abate by

Jul 31, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii):   The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards and identification of the contaminants chemical state and physical form: (Construction Reference 1926.103)  On or about April 28, 2014 at the job site located at 10801 Paul Eells Blvd., North Little Rock, Arkansas employee(s) pouring 70 pounds bags of dry masonry cement to make brick mortar and potentially exposed to hazards of airborne silica and dust particles entering the respiratory and pulmonary systems.

Issued

Jul 23, 2014

Abate by

Jul 31, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)  On or about April 28, 2014, at the job site located at 10801 Paul Eells Blvd., North Little Rock, Arkansas the employer did not ensure that employees exposed to the hazards of silica and dust particles, while pouring dry bags of masonry cement, were provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial training. This condition exposed employee(s) to inhalation hazards associated with exposure to airborne silica and dust particles.

Issued

Jul 23, 2014

Abate by

Jul 31, 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.   On or about April 28, 2014, at the job site located at 10801 Paul Eells Blvd., North Little Rock, Arkansas the employer did not ensure employees were properly trained to recognize and avoid hazards when exposed to potential fall hazards from improper scaffolding. Employees were bricklaying the back of residential structure from scaffolding.   This practice exposed employees to fall hazards fall hazards of greater than 14 feet to unfinished ground below from scaffold.