OSHA Inspection: DIONICIO ELIZALDE-CASILLAS

Issued

2015-09-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(4)(ii): The point of operation of machine(s) whose operation exposed an employee to injury was not guarded:    a) At 1888 Hollywood Road, Atlanta, GA- An employee was exposed to laceration and struck by hazards when operating a DeWalt Chop Saw with an unguarded blade while cutting bricks.

Issued

2015-09-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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 platform and the uprights is no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, and the employer could not demonstrate that a wider space was necessary:     a) At 1888 Hollywood Road, Atlanta, GA- Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 15 feet above ground level while installing bricks from a fabricated frame scaffold platform that was not fully planked.

Issued

2015-09-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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) At 1888 Hollywood Road, Atlanta, GA- Employees were utilizing scaffold end frames, not designed for access, to gain access to an upper level working platform exposing themselves to fall hazards.

Issued

2015-09-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.      a) At 1888 Hollywood Road, Atlanta, GA- The employer did not protect an employee from fall hazards while working from the open sides and ends of a fabricated frame scaffold approximately 15 feet above ground level.