OSHA Inspection: ANTONIO MORENO

Issued

Sep 1, 2015

Abate by

Sep 28, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there is a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, shall be protected by protective helmets:   (a) On or about April 27, 2015, at the residential home, protective helmets were not used to protect workers from the hazard of falling or flying tools and materials as a result of employees walking and working below workers above them.

Issued

Sep 1, 2015

Abate by

Sep 28, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

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, chemical, or radiation agents:    (a) Brick Cutting Area (Southside), during masonry cutting operations, employees, who were exposed to the hazard of being struck by falling or flying pieces of concrete were not using eye and face protective equipment.

Issued

Sep 1, 2015

Abate by

Sep 28, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(g)(2)(iv): Flexible cords were not connected to devices and fittings so that strain relief is provided to prevent pull from being directly transmitted to joints or terminal screws:   (a) Front side of House, during masonry operations, employees, who were working at the jobsite with Makita skill saw and other equipment requiring electrical equipment power were exposed to electrocution, and electrical shock hazards from a 120 volt powered extension cord plugged into the jobsite electrical receptacle that had the power cord protective sleeve pulled out of the crimped clamp exposing the internal wiring. The power cord did not have a strain relief mechanism.

Issued

Sep 1, 2015

Abate by

Sep 28, 2015

Penalty

Initial $11,000 · Current $11,000

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):   (a)  At the residential home (Tubular Welded Scaffold), during masonry operations, employees working from the scaffold platforms on the second tier of the tubular welded scaffold were not fully planked. Employees were exposed to the hazard of falling 13-feet to the ground below.

Issued

Sep 1, 2015

Abate by

Sep 28, 2015

Penalty

Initial $11,000 · Current $11,000

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 was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access:    (a)  At the residential home (Tubular Welded Scaffold), during masonry operations, an employee, who was climbing 13-feet on crossbraces from the lower surface level to access the second tier of the south side tubular welded scaffold. The employer did not provide a ladder or other means of direct access to the second tier of the scaffold and an employee were exposed to the hazards of falling to the ground below.

Issued

Sep 1, 2015

Abate by

Sep 28, 2015

Penalty

Initial $11,000 · Current $11,000

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:   (a) At the residential home (Tubular Welded Scaffold), during masonry operations, an employee, who was working on the south side tubular welded scaffold that was approximately 12-feet above the lower level, an employee was not protected from falling to the ground below.