OSHA Inspection: MARTINEZ WESTERN CONSTRUCTORS LLC

Issued

Jan 21, 2016

Abate by

Jan 29, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $1,800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Scaffold platforms and walkways were not at least 18 inches wide:    a) On or about December 9, 2015, and at times prior, one or more employees were exposed to fall hazards while working 7 feet 7 inches above frozen ground from a 9.25 inch wide scaffold plank without fall protection.       Abatement Note: Abatement certification and documentation are required for this item (see enclosed Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet).

Issued

Jan 21, 2016

Abate by

Feb 2, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii): The end of a platform greater than 10 feet in length extended over its support more than 18 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilivered end.  a) On or about December 9, 2015, and at times prior, one or more workers were exposed to falling from a scaffold plank with cantilevered ends of approximately 2 feet on each end.  Abatement Note: Abatement certification and documentation are required for this item (see enclosed Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet).

Issued

Jan 21, 2016

Abate by

Feb 2, 2016

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:  a) On or about December 9, 2015, and at times prior, one or more workers were exposed to slip or fall hazards while using form sections for access at each end of a scaffold.   Abatement Note: Abatement certification and documentation are required for this item (see enclosed Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet).

Issued

Jan 21, 2016

Abate by

Jan 29, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,760 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.65(k)(1): Daily inspections were not made by a competent person of the excavation, adjacent area and protective systems.     a) On or about December 9, 2015, and at times prior, workers were exposed to cave-in hazards while working directly at the base of excavated walls more than 6 feet deep in class C soil with a slope angle greater than 1.5 to 1 (34 degrees).      Abatement Note: Abatement certification is required for this item (see enclosed Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet).

Issued

Jan 21, 2016

Abate by

Jan 29, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $1,800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.701(b): All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and/or into which employees could fall or come against, was not guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement:    a) On or about December 9, 2015, and at times prior, workers were exposed to impalement hazards while working near and above exposed, unprotected rebar.       Abatement Note: Abatement certification and documentation are required for this item (see enclosed Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet).