OSHA Inspection: ARTURO G BERNAL

Issued

Aug 29, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,800 · Current $720 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 April 30, 2014, masonry employees were not protected by a protective helmet while working underneath and/or around a (3) tier tubular welded frame scaffold. The employees were exposed to being struck by bricks and/or falling tools from above a height of approximately 18 feet.

Issued

Aug 29, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,520 · Current $1,008 Reduced

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:    On or about April 30, 2014, on the south side of the building, employees working from a (3) tier tubular welded frame scaffold were exposed to fall and struck-by hazards in the event of a scaffold collapse. The footings were not equipped with base plates and were placed directly on unstable mud sills and bricks.

Issued

Aug 29, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,800 · Current $720 Reduced

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.    On or about April 30, 2014, on the south side of the building, masonry employees installing brick from a (3) tier tubular welded frame scaffold were not provided with a ladder or other safe means of access. The employees had to climb either the end frames or the cross braces to access the scaffold exposing them to fall hazards of approximately (18) feet to the ground below.

Issued

Aug 29, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,520 · Current $1,008 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1m) above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level in accordance with paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (vii) of this section:    On or about April 30, 2014, on the south side of the building, employees applying bricks to the building from a (3) tier tubular welded frame scaffold were working on the top level of the scaffold without fall protection. The employees were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 18 feet to the ground below.