OSHA Inspection: CESAR PALOMARES

Issued

2016-02-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $240.00 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:  At the jobsite located at 1754 N. Minneapolis, Wichita, KS:  Employees engaged in stucco application activities on the first level of the tubular welded frame scaffold were exposed to struck by hazards in that head protection was not utilized while working below employees on the second level of the scaffold.

Issued

2016-02-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1): Each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects.  For falling objects too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected, the employer did not place and secure such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall.  At the jobsite located at 1754 N. Minneapolis, Wichita, KS: Employees engaged in stucco application activities on the first level of a tubular welded frame scaffold were exposed to struck by hazards while working below employees on the second level of the scaffold in that the scaffold was not equipped with toe-boards.

Issued

2016-02-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $400.00 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):  At the jobsite located at 1754 N. Minneapolis, Wichita, KS:  Employees engaged in stucco application activities from a tubular welded frame scaffold were exposed  to fall hazards of approximately 15 feet from the scaffold to the ground below in that the walking/working surface of the scaffold was not fully planked.

Issued

2016-02-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $400.00 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:  At the jobsite located at 1754 N. Minneapolis, Wichita, KS: Employees engaged in stucco application activities from a from a tubular welded frame scaffold were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 15 feet from the scaffold to the ground below in that a proper means of access was not provided.

Issued

2016-02-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $560.00 Reduced

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 the jobsite located at 1754 N. Minneapolis, Wichita, KS: Employees engaged in stucco application activities from a tubular welded frame scaffold were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 15 feet from the scaffold to the ground below in that guard rails were not installed along all open sides and ends of the scaffold working surface