OSHA Inspection: PUEBLA STUCCO, INC.

Issued

Jun 10, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 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)  (a)  At the site - tubular welded frame scaffold system that was also missing endrails and midrails was not fully planked exposing employees to a 18 foot fall hazard, on or about 05/06/2016.

Issued

Jun 10, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2)(ii): When walkways between scaffold sections are less than 18 inches wide, employees were not protected from falls by guardrail systems or personal fall arrest systems:  (a)  At the site - the employee was not provided fall protection while working from a platform consisting of one plank exposing employee to an 18 foot fall, on or about 05/06/2016.

Issued

Jun 10, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 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.  (a)  At the site - employees were not provided a ladder for access and egress to the tubular welded frame scaffold platform, on or about 05/06/2016.

Issued

Jun 10, 2016

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.  (a)  At the site - employees were exposed to an 18 foot fall while working from the tubular welded frame scaffold system that was missing endrails and midrails, on or about 05/06/2016.

Issued

Jun 10, 2016

Abate by

Jul 7, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:  (a)  At the site - scaffold planking components were not inspected for damages such as but not limited to missing scaffold components such as planking, ladder and fall protection on or about 05/06/2016.

Issued

Jun 10, 2016

Abate by

Jul 7, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  (a)  At the site - employees were not trained to recognize the hazards of working from an unguarded tubular welded frame scaffold system exposing them to an 18 foot fall, on or about 05/06/2016.