OSHA Inspection: REFUGIO SALAZAR

Issued

Dec 17, 2015

Abate by

Jan 4, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

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.   At a commercial construction jobsite, employees performing masonry activities from a tubular welded frame scaffold that was not being supported with base plates on uneven ground were exposing employees to struck by hazards due to a scaffold collapse.

Issued

Dec 17, 2015

Abate by

Jan 4, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

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.  Cross-braces were used as a means of access.   At a commercial construction jobsite, employees performing masonry activities from a tubular welded frame scaffold were not provided with a ladder for safe access and/or egress from the different working levels on the scaffold, exposing employees to fall hazards of approximately 14 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Dec 17, 2015

Abate by

Jan 4, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms.   At a commercial construction jobsite, employees performing masonry activities from a tubular welded frame scaffold were not protected from fall hazards on the open sides and ends, exposing them to fall hazards of approximately 14 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Dec 17, 2015

Abate by

Jan 4, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(4): End frames of tubular welded frame scaffolding were not locked together vertically by use of pins or equivalent means in areas where uplift could occur:   At a commercial construction jobsite, employees performing masonry activities from a tubular welded frame scaffold where the scaffold legs/posts components were not locked together by locking pins when using a forklift to drop off the bucket of mortar exposing employees to a scaffold collapse and/or fall hazard.