OSHA Inspection: RAFA CONSTRUCTION STUCCO LLC.

Issued

Nov 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $400 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) Exterior Front, On the ground: - Employees were exposed to head injuries while working below masonry activities. The employees were not protected by hard hats or protective helmets, on or about July 18th, 2015.

Issued

Nov 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $700 Reduced

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:      A) Exterior, On scaffold: Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 13 feet while working on a fabricated framed scaffold that was not fully planked, on or about July 18th, 2015.

Issued

Nov 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $700 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, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.      A) Exterior, On scaffold: Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 13 feet while working on a tubular welded scaffold that was not provided with safe access, on or about July 18th, 2015.

Issued

Nov 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $700 Reduced

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) Exterior, On scaffold: Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 13 feet while working on a fabricated framed scaffold that was not fully planked, on or about July 18th, 2015.