OSHA Inspection: RODOLFO GARCIA

Issued

Mar 20, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $720 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns.   On or about October 21, 2014, employees engaged in masonry activities working underneath and at lower levels of a tubular welded scaffold were not provided protective hard hats, exposing the employees to being struck by falling and/or flying objects.

Issued

Mar 20, 2015

Abate by

Apr 17, 2015

Penalty

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

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 specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii).   On or about October 21, 2014, employees were performing masonry activities from a tubular welded scaffold system that the employer did not ensure each working level was fully planked, exposing employees to approximately an 18 foot fall hazard to the concrete below.

Issued

Mar 20, 2015

Abate by

Apr 17, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  On or about October 21, 2014, employees were performing masonry activities from a tubular welded scaffold system that the employer did not ensure each scaffold leg had base plates and mud sills installed for an adequate firm foundation to prevent a collapse, exposing employees to approximately a 12 to 18 foot fall hazard to the concrete below.

Issued

Mar 20, 2015

Abate by

Apr 17, 2015

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, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Cross-braces were used as a means of access.   On or about October 21, 2014, employees performing masonry type activities from a tubular welded frame scaffold were not provided with a ladder as a means of access or egress from each working level of the scaffold system, exposing the employees to fall hazards of up to approximately 18 feet to the concrete below.

Issued

Mar 20, 2015

Abate by

Apr 17, 2015

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.   On or about October 21, 2014, employees performing masonry type activities from a tubular welded frame scaffold were not provided with a guardrail system to include a top rail and a mid rail along all open sides and ends, exposing the employees to fall hazards of approximately 18 feet to the concrete below.