OSHA Inspection: ALEJANDRO CRUZ

Issued

Jun 26, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

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) Building Exterior: An employee working without hard hat was exposed to a struck by hazard from cement blocks and a five gallon bucket with cement, on or about 5/30/2014.

Issued

Jun 26, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.251(b)(3): Job or shop hooks and links, or makeshift fasteners, formed from bolts, rods, etc., or other such attachments, shall not be used.   a) Building Exterior:  Employees were using an electrical cord to hoist a five gallon bucket with cement, on or about 5/30/2014.

Issued

Jun 26, 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)   a) Building Exterior: Two employees were working from a fabricated scaffold two frames in height that was not fully planked, on or about 05/30/2014.

Issued

Jun 26, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

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.      a) Building Exterior: Two employees were not provided a means to access the levels of a fabricated scaffold two frames in height, on or about 5/30/2014.

Issued

Jun 26, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms.    a) Building Exterior: Two employees exposed to a 12 foot fall hazard while working from a scaffold two frames in height without a guardrail system in place, on or about 5/30/2014.