OSHA Inspection: JUAN AQUILERA MASONRY

Issued

2014-12-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $640.00 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 November 4, 2014, an employee was exposed to being struck by items such as but not limited to: bricks from employees working on a scaffold overhead, while the employee was on the 2nd tier of the scaffold cutting bricks without wearing a protective helmet.

Issued

2014-12-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:   On or about November 4, 2014, an employee was exposed to being struck by items such as but not limited to: bricks from employees working on a scaffold overhead, while the employee was on the 2nd tier of the scaffold cutting bricks without toeboards installed.

Issued

2014-12-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $640.00 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 November 4, 2014, an employee was exposed to falls approximately 11 feet in height to the unpaved ground level below from a scaffold, which had only 3 out of 4 possible planks installed while employee was cutting bricks from the 2nd tier of the scaffold.

Issued

2014-12-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $640.00 Reduced

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 November 4, 2014, an employee was exposed to fall hazards of approximately 18 feet in height to unpaved ground level below while laying bricks standing on a scaffold that had been erected with the upright support poles placed directly on the mud sills.

Issued

2014-12-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $640.00 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 and side brackets were used as a means of access:     On or about November 4, 2014, employee(s) were exposed to falls approximately 18 feet in height to the ground level below from the work platform of the scaffold, which did not have a ladder for access and egress to and from the scaffold platforms, while laying brick on an exterior wall.

Issued

2014-12-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $640.00 Reduced

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:   On or about November 4, 2014, employees were exposed to a fall hazard approximately 18 feet in height to unpaved ground level below while laying bricks on an exterior wall from a scaffold that was assembled without base plates under scaffold support poles, missing planking, no ladder for access, and guardrails for fall protection.

Issued

2014-12-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $640.00 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) On or about November 4, 2014, an employee was exposed to fall hazards greater than 10 feet in height to unpaved ground level below when working from the 3rd tier of a scaffold that did not have guardrails installed on the sides of the extension brackets, while laying brick on an exterior wall.  (b) On or about November 4, 2014, an employee was exposed to fall hazards greater than 10 feet in height to unpaved ground level below when working from a scaffold that did not have guardrails installed on the 2nd tier of the scaffold, while cutting bricks.