OSHA Inspection: SILVERO QUIROZ

Issued

May 1, 2015

Abate by

Jun 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,800 · Current $900 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):    At a residential construction site, employees were on the 2nd level of a tubular welded frame scaffold applying bricks. The scaffold platform was not fully planked, exposing the employees to a fall hazard of approximately (12) feet to the concrete below.

Issued

May 1, 2015

Abate by

Jun 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,800 · Current $900 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:    At a residential construction project, masonry employees who were working from a two tier tubular welded frame scaffold were exposed to fall and struck-by hazards in the event of a scaffold collapse. The footings were not equipped with base plates and were placed directly on unstable mud sills and bricks.

Issued

May 1, 2015

Abate by

Jun 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,800 · Current $900 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): Where scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers, stairway-type ladders, ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used for access:    At a residential construction site, masonry employees installing brick from a (2) tier tubular welded frame scaffold were not provided with a ladder or other safe means of access. The employees had to climb the end frames to access the scaffold exposing them to fall hazards of approximately (12) feet to the ground below.

Issued

May 1, 2015

Abate by

Jun 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,800 · Current $900 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vi): Each employee performing overhand bricklaying operations from a supported scaffold was not protected from falling from all open sides and ends of the scaffold (except at the side next to the wall being laid) by the use of a personal fall arrest system or guardrail system (with minimum 200 pound top rail capacity):    At a residential construction site, masonry employees were installing brick from a (2) tier tubular welded frame scaffold without fall protection. The employees were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 12 feet to the ground below.

Issued

May 1, 2015

Abate by

Jun 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,080 · Current $400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1):  Each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contained or deflected the falling objects:    At a residential construction site, masonry employees working on or below a (2) tier tubular welded frame scaffold were not provided additional protection, such as but not limited to toe boards or debris nets, from being struck by falling objects and/or tools.