OSHA Inspection: CANTU MASONRY

Issued

Oct 24, 2014

Abate by

Nov 5, 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:    On or about October 2, 2014, employees were exposed to head injury hazards in that the employer did not ensure that employees wore hard hats while working on the ground.

Issued

Oct 24, 2014

Abate by

Nov 5, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(e): Conductors were not spliced or joined with splicing devices designed for the use or by brazing, welding, or soldering with a fusible metal or alloy:    On or about October 2, 2014, employees were exposed to electrical hazards in that the employer did not ensure an extension cord used for the brick saw was not spliced.

Issued

Oct 24, 2014

Abate by

Nov 5, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $720 Reduced

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:    On or about October 2, 2014, employees were exposed to fall hazards in that the employer did not ensure that the tubular welded frame scaffold poles were supported by base plates.

Issued

Oct 24, 2014

Abate by

Nov 5, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): Where scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers, stairway-type ladders, ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used for access:  On or about October 2, 2014, employees were exposed to fall hazards in that the employer did not ensure that a ladder was used to gain access to the roof.

Issued

Oct 24, 2014

Abate by

Nov 5, 2014

Penalty

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

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:    On or about October 2, 2014, employees were exposed to fall hazards in that the employer did not ensure that employees were provide a guard rail system.

Issued

Oct 24, 2014

Abate by

Nov 5, 2014

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system.     On or about October 2, 2014, employees were exposed to fall hazards in that the employer did not ensure that employee(s) laying bricks on a chimney on a 8 and 12 pitch roof above 6 feet were protected from falling by a guardrail system, safety net system, or a personal fall arrest system.