OSHA Inspection: GARCIA STUCCO

Issued

Dec 2, 2015

Abate by

Dec 31, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

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:  On the north side of the building, employees who were working below other employees working on the scaffold were not wearing hard hats, exposing employees to being struck by falling bricks and/or tools.

Issued

Dec 2, 2015

Abate by

Dec 31, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(e)(1): Worn or frayed electric cords or cables were used:  On the north side of the building, an extension cord which had outer sheathing that was worn was being used to power a Ryobi saw.  The employees were exposed to electric shock.

Issued

Dec 2, 2015

Abate by

Dec 31, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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 the north side of the building, the top level of the scaffold platform was not fully planked, exposing employees to fall hazards of approximately 14 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Dec 2, 2015

Abate by

Dec 31, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(i): Each platform unit (e.g., scaffold plank, fabricated plank, fabricated deck, or fabricated platform) was not installed so that the space between adjacent units and the space between the platform and the uprights were no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, except where the employer can demonstrate that a wider space is necessary:  On the north side of the building, employees were performing stucco work from the top level of the scaffold platform where the planks had gaps of approximately 3 inches exposing employees to fall hazards of approximately 14 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Dec 2, 2015

Abate by

Dec 31, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 a means of access:  On the north side of the building, employees performing stucco work from a tubular welded scaffold were not provided a ladder to access the upper scaffold platforms safely, exposing employees to fall hazards of approximately 14 feet to the ground.

Issued

Dec 2, 2015

Abate by

Dec 31, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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:  On the north side of the building, scaffold legs did not bear on base plates and mud sills, exposing employees to struck-by and fall hazards in the event of the scaffold collapsing.

Issued

Dec 2, 2015

Abate by

Dec 31, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section:  On the north side of the building, employees were working from the second level of the scaffold and were not protected from falling by the use of guardrails or other fall protection systems.  The employees were exposed to falls of approximately 14 feet to the ground below.