OSHA Inspection: RICARDO FAVELA DBA RICARDO FAVELA

Issued

Mar 31, 2016

Abate by

May 3, 2016

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1):  The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:     Ricardo Favela dba Ricardo Favela, failed to certify to OSHA within 10 calendar days after the abatement date that each of the following cited violations had been corrected:     Citation Number                       Item Number                            Abatement Date  01                                            01                                            01/08/2016  01                                            02                                            01/08/2016  01                                            03                                            01/08/2016        In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

Jan 4, 2016

Abate by

Jan 8, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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):    a)  Employees were exposed to the hazard of falling approximately 20.5 feet, while performing masonry work from tubular welded frame scaffold platform that was not fully planked.

Issued

Jan 4, 2016

Abate by

Jan 8, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

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.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.     a)  Employees working from tubular welded frame scaffolding were not provided with proper access to a work platform being used at an elevation of approximately 20.5 feet above the ground.

Issued

Jan 4, 2016

Abate by

Jan 8, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.    a)  The employees were exposed to the hazard of falling approximately 20.5 while performing masonry work from tubular welded frame scaffold platform without guardrails on the open sides and ends.