OSHA Inspection: GUSTAVO CRUZ

Issued

2015-11-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $2400.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there is a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, shall be protected by protective helmets:  (a)The employer did not ensure that each employee working below scaffolding where there is a possible danger of head injury from falling bricks and tools were protected by protective helmets.

Issued

2015-11-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $2400.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Employees shall be provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations present potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:  (a)The employer did not ensure that each employee working with angle grinders cutting masonry were protected from struck by hazards.

Issued

2015-11-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms are 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 shall be used.  Crossbraces shall not used as used as a means of access:  (a) Due to the improper use of end frames to access scaffolding employees were exposed to fall hazards.

Issued

2015-11-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): For all scaffolds not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, each employee shall be protected by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section:  (a) The employer did not ensure that each employee working on supported scaffolding were protected from fall hazards.

Issued

2015-11-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $2400.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(ii): A toeboard shall be erected along the edge of platforms more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower levels for a distance sufficient to protect employees below, except on float (ship) scaffolds where an edging of 3/4 x 1 1/2 inch (2 x 4 cm) wood or equivalent may be used in lieu of toeboards:  (a) The employer did not ensure that toeboards were installed on both working levels of two tiered scaffolding exposing each employee working below to struck by hazards from bricks and tools.

Issued

2015-11-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): "Residential construction." Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall be protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system unless another provision in paragraph (b) of this section provides for an alternative fall protection measure:   (a) The employer did not ensure that employees working on the roof more than six (6) feet above the concrete driveway below were protected from falling by the use of guardrail, safety net, or personal fall arrest systems.