OSHA Inspection: ALVAREZ CORNICE

Issued

2016-03-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

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:        At 240 Mimosa Drive, Houston TX; employees worked without head protection at a lower level while roofing activities were performed above them, exposing employees to struck by hazards.

Issued

2016-03-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

1926.451(c)(2)(i):Footings shall be level, sound, rigid, and capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement.        At 2405 Mimosa Drive, Houston TX; an employee used a Pump Jack Scaffold, unknown brand and model number without rigid footing to prevent displacement, exposing employee to fall hazards.

Issued

2016-03-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 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 2405 Mimosa Drive, Houston TX; an employee used the second floor window to access and exit the pump jack scaffold, exposing employee to fall hazards.

Issued

2016-03-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 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 2405 Mimosa Drive, Houston TX; an employee worked on a pump jack scaffold, unknown brand and model number with all open sides without guardrail systems at an approximate height of 14 feet, exposing employee to fall hazards.

Issued

2016-03-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1416.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2): Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary.        at 2405 Mimosa Drive, Houston TX; the employer did not ensure that poles were secured by triangular bracing in mid and bottom, exposing employees to fall hazards.