OSHA Inspection: HERNESTOR IBARRA

Issued

Jul 27, 2015

Abate by

Aug 14, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

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, were not protected by protective helmets:    On or about April 23, 2105, employees were exposed to struck by hazards in that the employer did not insure the use of protective headwear to employees when they were working on the ground under the scaffold while bricks were stacked above.

Issued

Jul 27, 2015

Abate by

Aug 14, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical agents.   On or about April 23, 2015, employees were exposed to struck by hazards in that the employer did not ensure use of safety glasses by employees cutting bricks during brick laying operations.

Issued

Jul 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(g)(2)(iv): Strain relief. Flexible cords shall be connected to devices and fittings so that strain relief is provided which will prevent pull from being directly transmitted to joints or terminal screws.   On or about April 23, 2015, employees were exposed to electrical shock hazards in that the employer failed to ensure the use of strain relief on electrical cords powering the cement mixer.

Issued

Jul 27, 2015

Abate by

Aug 14, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6): Scaffolds were not designed by a qualified person:  On or about April 23, 2015, employees performing work on and under scaffold were exposed to caught in and struck by hazards in that the employer did not properly erect the scaffold components.

Issued

Jul 27, 2015

Abate by

Aug 14, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Platform(s) on all working levels of scaffolds, were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and guardrail supports such that the space between adjacent units, and the space between the platforms:  On or about April 23, 2015, employees were exposed to fall hazards in that the employer failed to ensure the scaffolding was fully decked. The planks on the scaffold did not span the entire surface where employees were standing and working.

Issued

Jul 27, 2015

Abate by

Aug 14, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(i): Each platform unit (e.g., scaffold plank, fabricated plank, fabricated deck, or fabricated platform) was not installed so that the space between adjacent units and the space between the platform and the uprights were no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, except where the employer can demonstrate that a wider space is necessary.   On or about April 23, 2015, employees working below were exposed to struck buy hazards in that the employer failed to ensure that the space in between the planks was no more than one inch while employees were standing on the planks.

Issued

Jul 27, 2015

Abate by

Aug 14, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(10): Scaffold components manufactured by different manufacturers were modified in order to intermix them and a competent person did not determine that the resulting scaffold was structurally sound:  On or about April 23, 2015, employees were exposed to caught in hazards in that the employer did not ensure that the same manufactured scaffold was used throughout the assembly and erection of scaffold.

Issued

Jul 27, 2015

Abate by

Aug 14, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(iii): Unstable objects were used as working platforms:    On or about April 23, 2015, employees were exposed to fall hazards and caught in hazards in that the employer failed to ensure that employees were working from a stable platform.

Issued

Jul 27, 2015

Abate by

Aug 14, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 April 23, 2015, employees were exposed to caught in and fall hazards in that the employer failed to use base plates and mud sills for the erected scaffold.

Issued

Jul 27, 2015

Abate by

Aug 14, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.   On or about April 23, 2015, employees were exposed to fall hazards in that the employer failed to ensure that employees had a ladder or other means of access to ascend and descend the scaffold.

Issued

Jul 27, 2015

Abate by

Aug 14, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:  On or about April 23, 2015, employees were exposed to fall and caught in hazards in that the employer failed to inspect the scaffold before each work shift.

Issued

Jul 27, 2015

Abate by

Aug 14, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:  On  or about April 23, 2015, employees were exposed to fall hazards in excess of ten feet in that the employer failed to have and ensure the use of fall protection.

Issued

Jul 27, 2015

Abate by

Aug 14, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(iv): Each employee on a self-contained adjustable scaffold was not protected by a guardrail system.   On or about April 23, 2015, employees were exposed to fall hazards in that the employer failed to provide a guard rail system on the scaffolding structure.

Issued

Jul 27, 2015

Abate by

Aug 14, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms.   On or about April 23, 2015, employees were exposed to fall hazards in excess of 10 feet in that the employer failed to ensure that guardrail systems were in place to keep employees from falling.

Issued

Jul 27, 2015

Abate by

Aug 14, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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 contain or deflect the falling objects.  For falling objects too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected, the employer did not place and secure such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall.    On or about April 23, 2015, employees were exposed to struck by hazards in that the employer failed to ensure the installation of  toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects.