OSHA Inspection: GUADALUPE GARCIA-MARTINEZ

Issued

2015-10-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(1): Power operated tool(s), designed to accommodate guards, were not equipped with such guards when in use:  On or about September 2, 2015, at Lot 20A, 2379 Calistoga Court, Lawrenceville, Georgia:  Four employees performing brick masonry work were exposed to amputation hazards when they used a Dewalt chop saw that had the lower blade guard missing.

Issued

2015-10-19 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(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):  On or about September 2, 2015, at Lot 20A, 2379 Calistoga Court, Lawrenceville, Georgia:  Two employees performing brick masonry work were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 14.3-feet and greater when the work platform of the tubular welded frame scaffold they worked from was not fully planked.

Issued

2015-10-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(4): Part(s) of a scaffold that were damaged or weakened, such that the scaffold's strength was less than that required by paragraph (a) of this section, were not immediately repaired, replaced, braced to meet those provisions, nor removed from service until repaired.  On or about September 2, 2015, at Lot 20A, 2379 Calistoga Court, Lawrenceville, Georgia:   Two employees performing brick masonry work were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 14.3-feet and greater when damaged planks were used to deck the work platform of the tubular welded frame scaffold they worked from.

Issued

2015-10-19 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(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.  On or about September 2, 2015, at Lot 20A, 2379 Calistoga Court, Lawrenceville, Georgia:  Two employees performing brick masonry work were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 14.3-feet and greater when the employees climbed the scaffold frame because the employer did not install a ladder.

Issued

2015-10-19 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)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms.  On or about September 2, 2015, at Lot 20A, 2379 Calistoga Court, Lawrenceville, Georgia:  Two employees performing brick masonry work were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 14.3-feet and greater when they worked from the second buck of a tubular welded frame scaffold that did not have end rails installed.

Issued

2015-10-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(ii): A toe board was not erected along the edge of platforms more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower levels for a distance sufficient to protect employees below:   On or about September 2, 2015, at Lot 20A, 2379 Calistoga Court, Lawrenceville, Georgia:  Two employees performing brick masonry work underneath a tubular welded frame scaffold were exposed to struck-by hazards from falling tools, bricks, and masonry cement buckets, when the scaffold did not have toe boards installed.

Issued

2015-10-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9800.00 · Current $9800.00

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):   On or about September 2, 2015, at Lot 20A, 2739 Calistoga Court, Lawrenceville, Georgia:  An employee performing brick masonry work was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 10.1-feet and greater when he worked from the porch roof of a house without using fall protection.   Guadalupe Garcia-Hernandez was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 993648, citation number 1, item number 1, and was affirmed as a final order on October 6, 2014, with respect to a workplace located at 7520 Settles Walk Lane, Suwanee, Georgia.