OSHA Inspection: ALFONSO GUILLEN

Issued

Jul 10, 2014

Abate by

Jul 29, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

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:   The employer does not protect employees with protective helmets in areas where there is a danger of head injury. This violation was observed on or about May 20, 2014, on the south side of a single family dwelling where employees were exposed to struck-by hazards when installing masonry bricks and stucco without head protection.   Pursuant to 29 C.F.R. 1903.19, within ten (10) calendar days of the abatement date, the employer must submit documentation showing that it is in compliance with the standard, including describing the steps that it is taking to ensure that employees working in areas where there is a a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, are protected by protective helmets.

Issued

Jul 10, 2014

Abate by

Jul 29, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

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.   The employer does not provide employees on a scaffold additional protection from falling objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures to deflect the falling objects. This violation was observed on or about May 20, 2014, on the steep roof (slope 8 in12) of a single family dwelling where employees on the ground were exposed to struck-by hazards from work accomplished overhead on fabricated frame scaffolds 4 tiers high without protection from falling objects.    Pursuant to 29 C.F.R. 1903.19, within ten (10) calendar days of the abatement date, the employer must submit documentation showing that it is in compliance with the standard, including describing the steps that it is taking to ensure that each employee on a scaffold is 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.

Issued

Jul 10, 2014

Abate by

Jul 29, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

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).   The employer does not ensure that each platform on all working levels of scaffolds are fully planked or decked between the front uprights and guardrail supports. This violation was observed on or about May 20, 2014, where employees were exposed to a fall hazard when performing stucco work from a set of fabricated frame scaffolding 4 tiers high without the third level being fully planked.    Pursuant to 29 C.F.R. 1903.19, within ten (10) calendar days of the abatement date, the employer must submit documentation showing that it is in compliance with the standard, including describing the steps that it is taking to ensure that each platform on all working levels of scaffolds is fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii).

Issued

Jul 10, 2014

Abate by

Jul 29, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(3): Supported scaffold poles, legs, post, frames, and/or uprights were not plumb and braced to prevent swaying and displacement:  The employer does not ensure scaffolds are plumb and braced to prevent swaying and displacement. This violation was observed on or about May 20, 2014, on the south side of the single family dwelling where employees were exposed to an approximately 20 foot fall hazard when working from fabricated frame scaffolding without the scaffolding being plumb and braced.   Pursuant to 29 C.F.R. 1903.19, within ten (10) calendar days of the abatement date, the employer must submit documentation showing that it is in compliance with the standard, including describing the steps that it is taking to ensure that supported scaffold poles, legs, post, frames, and/or uprights are plumb and braced to prevent swaying and displacement.

Issued

Jul 10, 2014

Abate by

Jul 29, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): Tubular welded frames and panels were not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which would have secured vertical members together laterally:  The employer does not ensure that frames and panels are secured laterally with cross braces. This violation was observed on or about May 20, 2014, on the south side of the single family dwelling where employees were exposed to an approximately 20 foot fall hazard when working from fabricated frame scaffolding without cross braces installed.   Pursuant to 29 C.F.R. 1903.19, within ten (10) calendar days of the abatement date, the employer must submit documentation showing that it is in compliance with the standard, including describing the steps that it is taking to ensure that tubular welded frames and panels are braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which would have secured vertical members together laterally.

Issued

Jul 10, 2014

Abate by

Jul 29, 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.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.   The employer does not ensure employees on scaffolds 2 feet above or below a point of access are provided a scaffold ladder or means of access. This violation was observed on or about May 20, 2014, on the rear of a single family dwelling where employees were exposed to a 20 foot fall hazard when performing stucco work from fabricated frame scaffolding without an access ladder or suitable means of access.     Pursuant to 29 C.F.R. 1903.19, within ten (10) calendar days of the abatement date, the employer must submit documentation showing that it is in compliance with the standard, including describing the steps that it is taking to ensure that scaffold platforms 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 are used.

Issued

Jul 10, 2014

Abate by

Jul 29, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:  The employer does not protect employees on scaffolds from falling when working 10 feet or more above a lower level. This violation was observed on or about May 20, 2014, on the steep roof (slope 8 in 12) of a single family dwelling where employees were exposed to a 13 and 20 foot fall hazard when performing stucco work from fabricated frame scaffolding without a fall protection system.   Pursuant to 29 C.F.R. 1903.19, within ten (10) calendar days of the abatement date, the employer must submit documentation showing that it is in compliance with the standard, including describing the steps that it is taking to ensure that employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level are protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section.

Issued

Jul 10, 2014

Abate by

Jul 29, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):   The employer does not protect employees from falling when working 6 feet or more above a lower level. This violation was observed on or about May 20, 2014, on the steep roof (slope 8 in 12) of a single family dwelling where employees were exposed to a 20 foot fall hazard when performing stucco work on a roof without a fall protection system.    Pursuant to 29 C.F.R. 1903.19, within ten (10) calendar days of the abatement date, the employer must submit documentation showing that it is in compliance with the standard, including describing the steps that it is taking to ensure that each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet or more above a lower level is protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employees provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501(b).

Issued

Jul 10, 2014

Abate by

Jul 29, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:   The employer does not instruct employees in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions. This violation occurred on or about May 20, 2014, and times prior thereto, where employees were exposed to safety hazards without receiving instructions in recognizing and avoiding those hazards.    Pursuant to 29 C.F.R. 1903.19, within ten (10) calendar days of the abatement date, the employer must submit documentation showing that it is in compliance with the standard, including describing the steps that it is taking to ensure that each employee is instructed in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury.