OSHA Inspection: FRANCISCO GUZMAN

Issued

Apr 24, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $805 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employee 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 April 7, 2015, an employee was exposed to a struck by hazard to the head while not wearing a protective helmet on ground level and employees working directly overhead were installing cornice materials.

Issued

Apr 24, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $805 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(iv): Midrails were not installed at a height approximately midway between the top edge of the guardrail system and the platform surface:    North side residential construction site: On or about April 7,2015, employees were exposed to a fall hazard greater than 10 feet in height to ground level below while installing cornice on an exterior wall from a pump jack scaffold that was missing a midrail.

Issued

Apr 24, 2015

Abate by

Jun 30, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $805 Reduced

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.    North side residential construction site: On or about April 7,2015, employees were exposed to a fall hazard greater than 10 feet in height to ground level below while not being trained on how to recognize the hazards associated with the scaffold use and installing cornice on an exterior wall from a pump jack scaffold that was missing a midrail.