OSHA Inspection: ORTIZ MASONRY, INC.

Issued

2016-10-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2138.00 · Current $1200.00 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)    On or about 31 August 2016, at this construction site, employees were exposed to fall hazards while bricklaying on a tubular scaffold and the working level was not fully planked or decked.

Issued

2016-10-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1604.00 · Current $900.00 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, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.    On or about 31 August 2016, at this construction site, employees worked from a scaffold platform and used cross braces as a means of access to the work area.