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OSHA Inspection: GERARDO RIVERA

Complaint inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of GERARDO RIVERA in 155 DR. MICHAEL DEBAKEY, LAKE CHARLES, LA 70601 (NAICS 236116). OSHA activity number 340687342.

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OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.

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Establishment
GERARDO RIVERA
Site address
155 DR. MICHAEL DEBAKEY
City
LAKE CHARLES
State
LA
ZIP
70601
Mailing
501 ARMSTRONG STREET, LAKE CHARLES, LA 70601
Inspection type
Complaint (B)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
B
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
236116
Employees
6
Ownership type
A

4 citations on file for this inspection.

1926.102 A01

Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Aug 21, 2015
Abate by
Sep 5, 2015
Penalty
Initial $1,600 · Current $640 Reduced
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.    On or about June 4, 2015, at 155 Dr. Michael DeBakey Drive, Lake Charles, LA, the employer failed to ensure that employees wore protective eye wear while using a Dewalt saw to cut hardy board.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $640
  • — Z (S) $1600

1926.451 B01

Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Aug 21, 2015
Abate by
Sep 5, 2015
Penalty
Initial $2,000 · Current $800 Reduced
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 June 4, 2015, at 155 Dr. Michael DeBakey Drive, Lake Charles, LA the employer failed to ensure that the scaffold system was fully planked. Employees were using the scaffold as a work platform to install Hardy Board to the apartment building.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $800
  • — Z (S) $2000

1926.451 C02

Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Aug 21, 2015
Abate by
Sep 5, 2015
Penalty
Initial $2,000 · Current $800 Reduced
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 June 4, 2015, at 155 Dr. Michael DeBakey Drive, Lake Charles, LA the employer failed to ensure that the scaffold system had base plates and mud sills installed. Employees were using the scaffold as a work platform to install Hardy Board to the apartment building.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $800
  • — Z (S) $2000

1926.451 E01

Serious Gravity 1 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Aug 21, 2015
Abate by
Sep 5, 2015
Penalty
Initial $1,200 · Current $480 Reduced
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.  Scaffold frame was used as a means of access.    On or about June 4, 2015, at 155 Dr. Michael DeBakey Drive, Lake Charles, LA, the employer failed to ensure that employees used a ladder to gain access to the working levels of the scaffold system. Employees used the scaffold frame as a means of access to the working level.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $480
  • — Z (S) $1200

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