OSHA Inspection: FERNANDO COMPO

Issued

Jun 29, 2015

Abate by

Jul 6, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $660 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:    (a) The employer did not ensure that an employee was wearing a hard hat when working below another employee who was working on a pump jack scaffold.

Issued

Jun 29, 2015

Abate by

Jul 6, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $960 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.       (a) The employer did not ensure that employees had a point of access and egress when working from a pump jack scaffold.

Issued

Jun 29, 2015

Abate by

Jul 6, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2): Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary.    (a) The employer did not ensure that the pump jack scaffold poles were secured at the bottom and other points as necessary.

Issued

Jun 29, 2015

Abate by

Jul 6, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):    (a) The employer did not ensure than an employee was using fall protection when conducting siding work from the roof of a residential building.

Issued

Jun 29, 2015

Abate by

Jul 6, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

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) The employer did not ensure that an employee was using fall protection when conducting siding work from a pump jack scaffold.

Issued

Jun 29, 2015

Abate by

Jul 24, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:    (a) The employer did not ensure that employees were trained in recognizing fall hazards and implementing fall protection measures.