OSHA Inspection: ROBERTO CASTRO

Issued

2014-10-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $1200.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:   a) Palmer Falls Subdivision, Lot #282, Douglasville, GA; The employer failed to establish a written hazard communication program for employees who were required to work with chemicals, such as but not limited to, portland cement.

Issued

2014-10-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Scaffold supports and crossbracing were used as a means of access.  a) Palmer Falls Subdivision, Lot #282, Douglasville, GA; The employer exposed employees to fall hazards of approximately 12 feet as a secure ladder was not used by employees to access the working level of the scaffold.

Issued

2014-10-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

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) Palmer Falls Subdivision, Lot #282, Douglasville, GA; The employer exposed employees to fall hazards of approximately 12 feet above the ground from a scaffold which did not have a complete guardrail system, due to the mid-rails, top-rails, and end-rails not being installed.

Issued

2014-10-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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) Palmer Falls Subdivision, Lot #282, Douglasville, GA; The employer did not provide a training program for four employees exposed to fall hazards of approximately 12 feet, while working from a scaffold that was not fully equipped with access or rails.