OSHA Inspection: JESUS S REYNA

Issued

2015-03-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $480.00 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 from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    a) This violation was observed on or about March 27, 2015, at a workplace located at 937 Pleasant View Dr., Rockwall, Texas 75087; where at least four (4) ground employees, who were working underneath a bricklayer on a 4-tier scaffold, were not protected from head injuries by wearing hard hats.

Issued

2015-03-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(ii): Where there was a danger of tools, materials, or equipment falling from a scaffold and striking employees below,  a toe-board 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:  a) This violation was observed on or about March 27, 2015, at a workplace located at 937 Pleasant View Dr., Rockwall, Texas 75087; where at least (4) employees, who were working underneath a bricklayer on a 4-tier scaffold, were not protected from being struck-by falling brick and hand tools.

Issued

2015-03-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $500.00 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 support:    a) This violation was observed on or about March 27, 2015, at a workplace located at 937 Pleasant View Dr., Rockwall, Texas 75087; where at least one (1) employee, who was helping a bricklayer, was working from a scaffold platform that was not fully planked.  The platform had only three (3) of the four (4) planks in place and exposed the employee to the hazard of falling to the lower level.

Issued

2015-03-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $700.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): For all scaffolds not otherwise specified in 29 CFR 1926.451 paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi), each employee was not protected by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of 29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4):         This violation was observed on or about March 27, 2015, at a workplace located at 937 Pleasant View Dr., Rockwall, Texas 75087; where:    a) at least one (1) employee, who was performing masonry work from a side bracket platform on a 4-tier scaffold, was not protected from falling more than 10-feet to the lower level.    b) at least one (1) employee, who was performing masonry work from the 3rd tier of a supported scaffold, was not protected from falling more than 10-feet to the lower level.

Issued

2015-03-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $700.00 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:    a) This violation was observed on or about March 27, 2015, at a workplace located at 937 Pleasant View Dr., Rockwall, Texas 75087; where at least (2) employees were working from a supported scaffold that had four (4) posts along the work-face that did not bear on base plates.

Issued

2015-03-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(3): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights were not plumb and braced to prevent swaying and displacement:       a) This violation was observed on or about March 27, 2015, at a workplace located at 937 Pleasant View Dr., Rockwall, Texas 75087; where employees, who were working from a 4-tier supported scaffold that was not plumb and braced to prevent swaying and displacement, were exposed to fall and struck-by hazards.

Issued

2015-03-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): Frames and panels were not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which secure vertical members together laterally:  a) This violation was observed on or about March 27, 2015, at a workplace located at 937 Pleasant View Dr., Rockwall, Texas 75087; where at least two (2) employees, who were working from a supported scaffold that did not have cross-bracing between each end-frame along both the inside and outside faces of the scaffold, were exposed to fall and struck-by hazards.

Issued

2015-03-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(3): Frames and panels were not joined together vertically by coupling or stacking pins or equivalent means:    a) This violation was observed on or about March 27, 2015, at a workplace located at 937 Pleasant View Dr., Rockwall, Texas 75087; where at least two (2) employees, who were working from a supported scaffold that did not have the end-frames joined vertically by coupling or stacking pins, were exposed to fall and struck-by hazards.

Issued

2015-03-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $700.00 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 were not used:    a) This violation was observed on or about March 27, 2015, at a workplace located at 937 Pleasant View Dr., Rockwall, Texas 75087; where at least two (2) employees, who were working from a 4-tier supported scaffold, climbed the end-frames to access the work platforms and were exposed to the hazard of falling more than 10-feet to the lower level.

Issued

2015-03-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $700.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(g)(2)(iii): Hard service flexible cords No. 12 or larger were repaired as such that the splice did not retain the insulation, outer sheath properties, and usage characteristics of the spliced cord:    a) This violation was observed on or about March 27, 2015, at a workplace located at 937 Pleasant View Dr., Rockwall, Texas 75087; where the electrical cord to the Target masonry saw exposed employees to bare energized conductors.  The employer spliced the cord with loosely wrapped electrical tape which did not completely cover the inner conductors and the bare spliced conductors.