OSHA Inspection: MARIO ELIZONDO

Issued

2015-05-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $400.00 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 falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:  On or about May 5, 2015, an employee was exposed to being struck by items such as but not limited to: buckets filled with plaster from employees working on a scaffold overhead, while the employee was on the 1st tier of the scaffold shoveling up plaster materials without wearing a protective helmet.

Issued

2015-05-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(ii): A toeboard 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:   On or about May 5, 2015, an employee was exposed to being struck by items such as but not limited to: 5 gallon buckets half full of plaster from employees working on a scaffold overhead, while the employee was on the 1st tier of the scaffold shoveling up plaster without toeboards installed.

Issued

2015-05-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $400.00 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 supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):   On or about May 5, 2015, an employee was exposed to falls 16 feet in height to the paved ground level below from a scaffold, which had only 1 out of 4 possible planks installed while employee was applying plaster from the 2nd tier of the scaffold.

Issued

2015-05-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Scaffold platforms and walkways were not at least 18 inches wide:  On or about May 5, 2015, an employee was exposed to fall hazard approximately 16 feet in height to paved ground level below while applying plaster to an exterior wall from a scaffold plank that was placed between the scaffold and the rooftop section that was less than 18 inches wide.

Issued

2015-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-06-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $400.00 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:  On or about May 5, 2015, an employee was exposed to fall hazards of approximately 16 feet in height to unpaved ground level below while applying plaster standing on a scaffold that had been erected with the upright support poles placed directly on concrete.

Issued

2015-05-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $400.00 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 was not used.  Cross braces and side brackets were used as a means of access:     On or about May 5, 2015, employee(s) were exposed to falls 16 feet in height to the ground level below from the work platform of the scaffold, which did not have a ladder for access and egress to and from the scaffold platforms, while applying plaster on an exterior wall.

Issued

2015-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-07-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person:   On or about May 5, 2015, employees were exposed to a fall hazard 16 feet in height to paved ground level below while applying plaster on an exterior wall from a scaffold that was not assembled under the supervision of a competent person and lacked base plates under scaffold support poles, missing planking, no ladder for access, and guardrails for fall protection.

Issued

2015-05-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms before being released for use by employees other than erection/dismantling crews:   On or about May 5, 2015, an employee was exposed to fall hazards greater than 10 feet in height to paved ground level below when working from the 2nd tier of a scaffold that did not have guardrails installed on the sides of the extension brackets, while applying plaster on an exterior wall.

Issued

2015-05-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:  On or about May 5, 2015, employees were exposed to fall hazards greater than 6 feet in height to paved ground level below while plaster from the unprotected edge of a 1st level rooftop without wearing fall protection nor were there any other measures of fall protection in place.