OSHA Inspection: ISIDRO VILLANUEVA

Issued

Nov 10, 2015

Abate by

Dec 15, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,040 · Current $1,020 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:    Employees engaged in masonry work were exposed to struck by hazards while working under scaffolds.

Issued

Nov 10, 2015

Abate by

Dec 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1): Each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects.  For falling objects too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected, the employer did not place and secure such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall.   Employees performing masonry work on the ground level were exposed to struck by hazards while other employees worked from the upper levels of a welded frame scaffold that did not have toe boards in place.

Issued

Nov 10, 2015

Abate by

Dec 15, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,360 · Current $680 Reduced

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:    Employees operating a masonry saw without a guard were exposed to amputation hazards.

Issued

Nov 10, 2015

Abate by

Dec 15, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,360 · Current $680 Reduced

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).    Employees working from a scaffolding system that was not fully planked were exposed to Struck by hazards while performing masonry work.

Issued

Nov 10, 2015

Abate by

Dec 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(i): The end of a platform 10 feet or less in length extended over its support more than 12 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees and/or materials without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end.   Employees performing masonry work from a scaffolding system in which the platform extended more than one foot over its support were exposed to struck by hazards.

Issued

Nov 10, 2015

Abate by

Dec 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(7): On scaffolds where platforms are overlapped to create a long platform, the overlap did not occur only over supports:  Employees performing masonry work from a scaffolding system in which overlapping platforms were not placed over supports were exposed to struck by hazards.

Issued

Nov 10, 2015

Abate by

Dec 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(8): At all points of a scaffold where the platform changes direction, such as turning a corner, the platform that rests on a bearer at an angle other than a right angle was not laid first, and platforms which rest at right angles over   Employees performing masonry activities while working from a scaffolding system in which a portion of planking being used between scaffolds for a change of direction rested on planking or was not laid first were exposed to struck by hazards.

Issued

Nov 10, 2015

Abate by

Dec 15, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,040 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:    Employees engaged in masonry work while working from a scaffolding system that did not have base plates were exposed to struck by hazards.

Issued

Nov 10, 2015

Abate by

Dec 15, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,360 · Current $0 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.    Employees performing masonry work from the second level outrigger of a welded frame scaffold did not have a means of egress or access and were exposed to struck by hazards.

Issued

Nov 10, 2015

Abate by

Dec 15, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(9)(iv): Cross braces on tubular welded frame scaffolds were used as a means of access or egress.    Employees performing masonry from a welded frame scaffold structure climbed the cross braces to gain access to the upper levels and egress the scaffold were exposed to struck by hazards.

Issued

Nov 10, 2015

Abate by

Dec 15, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,040 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:    The employer or other competent person did not inspect the welded frame scaffold structures before each work shift and exposed employees working from the scaffold to struck by hazards.