OSHA Inspection: JAVIER VELAZQUEZ

Issued

2016-09-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-10-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1604.00 · Current $1604.00

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 residential construction site, employees performing masonry activities without hardhats were exposed to the hazard of being struck by falling masonry supplies.

Issued

2016-09-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-10-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2672.00 · Current $2672.00

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 construction site, employees performing masonry activities on a welded frame scaffold that was not fully planked were exposed to fall hazards.

Issued

2016-09-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-10-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 a means of access.  At the construction site, employees performing masonry activities were not provided a ladder to access and egress upper levels on a tubular welded frame scaffold and were exposed to fall hazards.

Issued

2016-09-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-10-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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.  At the construction site, employees performing masonry activities on a welded frame scaffold without fall protection were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 11 feet.

Issued

2016-09-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-10-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(a)(2):  A respirator was not provided by the employer to each employee when such equipment was necessary to protect the health of the employee: (Construction Reference 1926.103)   At the residential construction site, employees who were cutting bricks and stones while performing masonry activities were exposed to respiratory hazards.