OSHA Inspection: RIGOBERTO HUERTA

Issued

Apr 14, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,700 · Current $1,700

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms are 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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface shall be used. Crossbraces shall not be used as a means of access:   At the north side of an apartment complex; employees access the roof of the building from a pump jack scaffold without any safe means, exposing employees to fall hazards.

Issued

Apr 14, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,700 · Current $1,700

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms:  At north side of apartment complex; employees worked from a pump jack scaffold without end rails at the open sides at an approximate height of 14 feet, exposing employees to fall hazards

Issued

Apr 14, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,700 · Current $1,700

General-duty citation text

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, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):   At the north end of an apartment complex roof; an employee was unprotected at an approximate height of 14 feet, exposing the employee to fall hazard.