OSHA Inspection: GEORGE RIVERA FRAMING

Issued

Aug 27, 2015

Abate by

Sep 6, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:    West side of residential home, on a Pump Jack Scaffold, on or about July 15, 2015, employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 10 feet in height to the unpaved ground below while performing cornice siding work from a pump jack scaffold that had poles bear directly on the unpaved surface.

Issued

Aug 27, 2015

Abate by

Sep 6, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration. Such activities were not performed by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person:    West side of residential home, on or about July 15, 2015, employees were exposed to fall hazards of 10 feet in height to the paved ground below when installing cornice siding work from a scaffold that was missing: guardrails, had frame poles bear on a foundation that was not firm, and not being trained by a competent person on scaffold erection.

Issued

Aug 27, 2015

Abate by

Sep 6, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee was not protected by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of 29 CFR 1910.451:    West side of residential home, on a Pump Jack Scaffold, on or about July 15, 2015, employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 10 feet in height to the unpaved ground below while installing cornice siding work from a pump jack scaffold without fall protection.

Issued

Aug 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 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 of the pump jack scaffold system:    West side of residential home, on a Pump Jack Scaffold, on or about July 15, 2015, employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 10 feet in height to the unpaved ground below while installing cornice siding work from a pump jack scaffold that was not secured at the bottom poles.

Issued

Aug 27, 2015

Abate by

Sep 6, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazard:    West side residential home: On or about July 15, 2015, employees were exposed to a fall hazard greater than 10 feet in height to unpaved ground level below while not being trained on how to recognize the hazards associated with the scaffold use and installing cornice on an exterior wall from a pump jack scaffold that was missing guardrails, base plates, and secured poles at bottom.

Issued

Aug 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 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):    West side of residential home, on or about July 15, 2015, employees were exposed to a fall hazard greater than 6 feet in height to unpaved ground level below while installing cornice siding on a rooftop without having fall protection measures in place.