OSHA Inspection: CARLOS MARTINEZ

Issued

Feb 17, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $1,050 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:    West elevation of commercial construction site: On or about January 22, 2016, and at times prior thereto, employees without protective helmets were exposed to struck-by hazards by accessing the area under the scaffold where materials and tools were stored and being used on the third-level of the scaffold.

Issued

Feb 17, 2016

Abate by

Feb 23, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(e): All splices and joints and free ends of conductors were not covered with insulation equivalent to that of the conductors or with an insulating device designed for the purpose:    a) Northwest corner of commercial construction site: On or about January 22, 2016, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to electrical hazards from mixing stucco using a power drill attached to a flexible cord with a splice that was not covered with a proper insulating device.    b) Northwest corner of commercial construction site: On or about January 22, 2016, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to electrical hazards from mixing stucco using a power drill attached to a flexible cord with a splice that was not covered with a proper insulating device.

Issued

Feb 17, 2016

Abate by

Feb 23, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(e)(1): Worn or frayed electric cords or cables were used:  Inside commercial construction site, 3rd floor: On or about January 22, 2016, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to electrical hazards from mixing stucco using a power drill connected to a damaged flexible cord.

Issued

Feb 17, 2016

Abate by

Feb 23, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(i): Employer did not use either ground fault circuit interrupters as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section, or an assured equipment grounding conductor program as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of this section to protect employees on construction sites.    Inside commercial site room, 3rd floor: On or about January 22, 2016, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to electrical hazards from using a power drill to mix stucco powered by a flexible extension cord that was not plugged into an outlet with a ground fault circuit interrupter.

Issued

Feb 17, 2016

Abate by

Feb 23, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(f)(6): The path to ground from circuits, equipment, or enclosures was not permanent and continuous:  a) Northwest corner of commercial site: On or about January 22, 2016, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to electrical hazards from mixing stucco using a power drill with a spliced flexible cord missing a grounding pin.  b) Inside commercial site room, 3rd floor: On or about January 22, 2016, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to electrical hazards from a using a power drill to mix stucco powered by a flexible extension cord missing a grounding pin.

Issued

Feb 17, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 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):    West elevation: On or about January 22, 2016, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to a fall hazard greater than 10 feet or more to the ground, while applying stucco to the sides of commercial construction from a supported scaffold that was not fully planked between the front uprights and guardrail supports.

Issued

Feb 17, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(ii): A toeboard 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:  Note:  This requirement does not apply to float (ship) scaffolds where an edging of 3/4 inch x 1 1/2 inch (2 x 4 cm) wood or equivalent was used in lieu of toeboards.  West elevation: On or about January 22, 2016, and at times prior thereto, employees carrying materials and walking below the scaffold were exposed to struck-by hazards from buckets and tools being used to stucco the sides of commercial construction on greater than 10 foot scaffold platforms with no toeboards.

Issued

Feb 17, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(3): Supported scaffold poles, legs, post, frames, and/or uprights were not plumb and braced to prevent swaying and displacement:    West elevation: On or about January 22, 2016, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to a fall hazard greater than 10 feet or more to the ground, while applying stucco to the sides of commercial construction from a supported scaffold with missing crossbraces.

Issued

Feb 17, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 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, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access:    West elevation of commercial construction: On or about January 22, 2016, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to a fall hazard greater than 10 feet or more to the ground, while accessing and egressing a supported scaffold with no ladder or other suitable means of access/egress.

Issued

Feb 17, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person:    West elevation: On or about January 22, 2016, employees were exposed to fall hazards by applying stucco to the sides of the commercial construction site from a scaffold that had not been erected by only experienced and trained employees selected by the competent person.

Issued

Feb 17, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:    West elevation: On or about January 22, 2016, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to a fall hazard greater than 10 feet or more to the ground, while applying stucco to the sides of commercial construction from a supported scaffold with no guardrail system.