OSHA Inspection: BENITO CRUZ

Issued

Nov 13, 2014

Abate by

Nov 19, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $720 Reduced

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) Jobsite, 801 South Warnock Street - A laborer was working below a fabricated frame scaffold with bricks stored 32 feet above ground level. The exposed employee was not provided with head protection, observed on or about 7/7/14.

Issued

Nov 13, 2014

Abate by

Nov 19, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

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, as set forth in subparagraphs (i) - (iii) of this paragraph.    a) Jobsite, 801 South Warnock Street - An employee was performing masonry operations on a fabricated frame scaffold 30 feet above the ground level without utilzing guys, ties or braces to prevent tipping and/or collapse, observed on or about 7/7/14.

Issued

Nov 13, 2014

Abate by

Nov 19, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

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:        a) Jobsite, 801 South Warnock Street - An employee was scaling down fabricated scaffold frames up to 30 feet above the ground level without the use of a ladder, observed on or about 7/7/14.

Issued

Nov 13, 2014

Abate by

Nov 19, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(6): Scaffolds were erected, used, dismantled, altered, or moved such that they, or any conductive material handled on them, could have come closer than the minimum distances established for specific voltages as set forth in the table in subparagraph (f)(6):    a) Jobsite, 801 South Warnock Street - An employee was performing masonry operations on a fabricated frame scaffold within 4 feet of an unprotected 240 volt power line, observed on or about 7/7/14.

Issued

Nov 13, 2014

Abate by

Jan 8, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person:    a) Jobsite, 801 South Warnock Street - A fabricated frame scaffold was erected within 4 feet of an unprotected 240 volt power line without a competent person on site, on or about 7/7/14.

Issued

Nov 13, 2014

Abate by

Nov 19, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,680 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms before being released for use by employees other than erection/dismantling crews:    a) Jobsite, 801 South Warnock Street - An employee was performing masonry operations on an outrigger of a fabricated frame scaffold 30 feet above ground level without fall protection on the ends, observed on or about 7/7/14.

Issued

Nov 13, 2014

Abate by

Jan 8, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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, 801 South Warnock Street - An employee was performing masonry operations on an outrigger of a fabricated frame scaffold 30 feet above ground level without being trained in scaffold safety. The exposed employee did not know the trigger height for fall protection on fabricated frame scaffolds, on or about 7/7/14.

Issued

Nov 13, 2014

Abate by

Nov 19, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(ii): A toeboard was not erected along the edge of platforms more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower levels for a distance sufficient to protect employees below:Note:  This requirement does not apply to float (ship) scaffolds where an edging of 3/4 inch x 1 1/2 inch (2 x 4 cm) wood or equivalent was used in lieu of toeboards:    a) Jobsite, 801 South Warnock Street - As an unprotected laborer was working on the ground level, masonry supplies such as bricks, etc. were being stored on the scaffold 32 feet above ground level without a toeboard, observed on or about 7/7/14.

Issued

Nov 13, 2014

Abate by

Jan 8, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $720 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employer had not developed or implemented a written hazard communication program which at included the requirements outlined in 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) and (e)(1)(ii): (Construction Reference 1926.59)    a) Jobsite, 801 South Warnock Street - Employees were handling Keystone Portland Cement containing tricalcium silicate cas number 12168-85-3 without a written hazard communication program readily available on or about 7/7/14.

Issued

Nov 13, 2014

Abate by

Jan 8, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8):   The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and did not ensure that they were readily accessible during each work  shift to employees when they were in their work area(s): (Construction Reference 1916.59)    a) Jobsite, 801 South Warnock Street - Employees were handling Keystone Portland Cement containing tricalcium silicate cas number 12168-85-3 without a safety data sheet readily available, observed on or about 7/7/14.

Issued

Nov 13, 2014

Abate by

Jan 8, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)    a) Jobsite, 801 South Warnock Street - Employees were handling Keystone Portland Cement containing tricalcium silicate cas number 12168-85-3 without being trained in hazard communication on or about 7/7/14.