OSHA Inspection: CEASAR TORRES

Issued

2014-09-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6): Scaffolds were not designed by a qualified person:   At this location, employees were using a scaffold, which was not designed by a qualified person, to install foam insulation along a building wall.

Issued

2014-09-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.  At this location, employees installed insulation foam to a wall from a scaffold, greater than 10 feet, and had to climb the scaffold planks and support structure to reach the top.

Issued

2014-09-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 installing foam insulation to a building wall were using a scaffold, greater than 10 feet, and were not provided fall protection.