OSHA Inspection: MANUEL AIDON

Issued

Dec 24, 2015

Abate by

Jan 29, 2016

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $160 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): Within ten calendar days after the abatement date, the employer must certify to OSHA (the Agency) that each cited violation has been abated, except as provided in paragraph (c)(2) of this section:  a. In regards to citation 1, item 1, issued on September 25, 2015, the employer has failed to submit abatement certification within ten days of the abatement date, October 7, 2015.  The violation read as follows:    29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than two 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 used as a means of access:   a. At the worksite where employees were working from a ladder jack scaffold installing trim to the dormer windows, an access ladder was not provided and used, thereby exposing employees to a 17 fall hazard.

Issued

Dec 24, 2015

Abate by

Jan 29, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1): The employer must submit to the Agency, along with the information on abatement certification required by paragraph (c)(3) of this section, documents demonstrating that abatement is complete for each willful or repeat violation and for any serious violation for which the Agency indicates in the citation that such abatement documentation is required:   a. In regards to citation 1, item 1, issued on September 25, 2015, the employer has failed to submit abatement certification and documentation within ten days of the abatement date, October 7, 2015.  The violation read as follows:    29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold shall be protected by a personal fall arrest system:  a. At the worksite where employees were working from a ladder jack scaffold installing trim to the dormer windows, the employees were not protected from falls, thereby being exposed to a 17 fall hazard.

Issued

Sep 25, 2015

Abate by

Oct 7, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $800 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, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as used as a means of access.   a. At the worksite where employees were working from a ladder jack scaffold installing trim to the dormer windows, an access ladder was not provided and used, thereby exposing employees to a 17 fall hazard.

Issued

Sep 25, 2015

Abate by

Oct 7, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,120 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold shall be protected by a personal fall arrest system.  a. At the worksite where employees were working from a ladder jack scaffold installing trim to the dormer windows, the employees were not protected from falls, thereby being exposed to a 17 fall hazard.