BROWNSVILLE, TX ·
OSHA Inspection: RICARDO VILLARREAL
Planned inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of RICARDO VILLARREAL in 4305 E. RUBEN TORRES BLVD, BROWNSVILLE, TX 78521 (NAICS 236116). OSHA activity number 339776387.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- RICARDO VILLARREAL
- Site address
- 4305 E. RUBEN TORRES BLVD
- City
- BROWNSVILLE
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 78521
- Mailing
- 75 ELDA, BROWNSVILLE, TX 78521
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Planned (H)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 236116
- Employees
- 2
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
4 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.451 B01
- Issued
- Jun 12, 2014
- Abate by
- Jul 11, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800
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): At this location, employees installed soffits from the top platform of a wood scaffold at a height greater than 10 feet above ground level and the scaffold platform was not fully planked or decked.
Recent events (1)
- · Z (S) $2800
1926.451 C02
- Issued
- Jun 12, 2014
- Abate by
- Jul 11, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
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: At this location, employees installed soffits from the top of a wooden scaffold at a height greater than ten feet and the scaffold poles did not bear on base plates or mudsills exposing employees to a fall hazard.
Recent events (1)
- · Z (S) $0
1926.451 E01
- Issued
- Jun 12, 2014
- Abate by
- Jul 11, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
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. At this location, the employer did not provide a ladder for safe access or egress while employees installed soffits from the top of a wooden scaffold at a height greater than ten feet above ground level.
Recent events (1)
- · Z (S) $0
1926.451 G01
- Issued
- Jun 12, 2014
- Abate by
- Jul 11, 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: At this location, employees installed soffits from the top of a wood scaffold at a height greater than ten feet above ground level and were not provided with fall protection such as but not limited to guard rails, full body harness, lanyard and anchor point.
Recent events (1)
- · Z (S) $2800
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 339776387.
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