OSHA Inspection: EOSTACIO ORTEGA

Issued

2016-05-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

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 or about January 26, 2016:  An employee performing masonry operations was exposed to danger of head injury where the employer failed to ensure that the employee wear a hard hat while working beneath an employee who was installing stone facing material.

Issued

2016-05-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.  On or about January 26, 2106:  An employee performing chipping operations to stone facing material was exposed to eye injuries when the employer failed to ensure that the employee was issued and wearing proper safety eye glasses.

Issued

2016-05-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

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 used as a means of access.  On or about January 26, 2016:  An employee was exposed to fall hazards of approximately 13.3 feet when the employee climbed the scaffold frame  to gain access to an elevated working area without the use of a ladder on the scaffold system.

Issued

2016-05-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $2400.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface (horizontal and vertical surface) with an unprotected side or edge which is 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.  On or about January 26, 2016:  An employee installing a stone facing material on a newly constructed residential structure was exposed to fall hazards of approximately 11.7 feet when the employer failed to ensure that the employee use fall protection.