OSHA Inspection: CHRISTIAN SANCHEZ

Issued

Oct 7, 2014

Abate by

Oct 14, 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 follows:    a) Jobsite, 1526 N. Carlisle St. - The employer did not ensure that the working level of the tubular welded frame scaffold was fully planked.  The employees were hoisting and carrying five (5) - gallon buckets of stucco from two and three planks on top of the 5th level of scaffold and were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately thirty-two (32) feet.  Observed on or about 6/24/14.

Issued

Oct 7, 2014

Abate by

Oct 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(i): Each platform unit (e.g., scaffold plank, fabricated plank, fabricated deck, or fabricated platform) was not installed so that the space between adjacent units and the space between the platform and the uprights were no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, except where the employer can demonstrate that a wider space is necessary.  a) Jobsite, 1526 N. Carlisle St. - The scaffold planks on the working level of the tubular welded frame scaffold were spaced up to approximately one (1) foot apart and up to approximately one (1) foot from the uprights, exposing employees who were hoisting and carrying five (5) - gallon buckets of stucco to a fall hazard of approximately thirty-two (32) feet.  Observed on or about 6/24/14.

Issued

Oct 7, 2014

Abate by

Oct 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1): Supported scaffolds with a height to base width (including outrigger supports, if used) ratio of more than four to one (4:1) were not restrained from tipping by guying, tying, bracing, or equivalent means:    a) Jobsite, 1526 N. Carlisle St. - Employees were exposed to a collapse hazard while performing stucco operations from the top of the 5th level of a tubular welded frame scaffold which was not restrained by guys, ties and braces.  The height of the scaffold was approximately thirty two (32) feet, the base width was approximately five (5) feet, and the height to base width ratio was approximately six to one (6:1).  Observed on or about 6/24/14.

Issued

Oct 7, 2014

Abate by

Oct 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(i): Footings shall be level, sound, rigid, and capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement:  a) Jobsite, 1526 N. Carlisle St. - One of the scaffold legs of a tubular welded frame scaffold rested on a board on an aluminum window well which was buckled under the scaffold, exposing employees to a collapse hazard.  The employees were hoisting and carrying five (5) - gallon buckets of stucco from the top of the 5th level of the scaffold, approximately thirty-two (32) feet above ground level.  Observed on or about 6/24/14.

Issued

Oct 7, 2014

Abate by

Oct 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): For all scaffolds not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, each employee was not protected by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section:  a) Jobsite, 1526 N. Carlisle St. - The employer did not ensure that employees performing stucco operations from the top of the 5th level of a tubular welded frame scaffold were protected by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems, exposing employees to a fall hazard of approximately thirty-two (32) feet.  Observed on or about 6/24/14.

Issued

Oct 7, 2014

Abate by

Oct 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards:  a) Jobsite, 1526 N. Carlisle St. - The employer did not ensure that training and information on the recognition, control and minimization of hazards associated with the scaffold was provided to employees by a qualified person.  The employees were performing stucco operations on a tubular welded frame scaffold, approximately thirty two (32) feet above ground level.  Observed on or about 6/24/14.