OSHA Inspection: DIAZ PROFESSIONAL CONSTRUCTION,LLC

Issued

Sep 19, 2016

Abate by

Sep 29, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,940 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Scaffold platforms and walkways were not at least 18 inches wide:  a) At 9366 Turnberry Park Dr., Montgomery, Alabama:  On or about September 13, 2016 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employee to work from a job made scaffold and the walk board was not at least 18 inches wide as required by the standard exposing his employee to a fall hazard of 20 feet 7 inch to the concrete floor below.

Issued

Sep 19, 2016

Abate by

Sep 29, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,940 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:   a)  At 9366 Turnberry Park Dr., Montgomery, Alabama:  On or about September 13, 2016 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employee to work from a job made scaffold without fall protection exposing his employees to a fall hazard of 20 feet 7 inches to the concrete floor below.

Issued

Sep 19, 2016

Abate by

Sep 29, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,940 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(a)(1)(ii): Portable ladders that were not self-supporting, without failure, at least four times the maximum intended load:  a)  At 9366 Turnberry Park., Montgomery, Alabama:  On or about September 13, 2016 and at times prior;  the employee allowed his employees to use a job made ladder to gain access to the roof and the rungs of the ladder did not blocks installed exposing employees to a fall hazard of 20 feet 7 inches to the concrete floor below.

Issued

Sep 19, 2016

Abate by

Sep 29, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,940 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:  a) At 9366 Turnberry Park Dr., Montgomery, Alabama:  On or about September 13, 2016 and at times prior; the employer failed to ensure a job made ladder  used by employees to gain access to the job made scaffold had its rails extend at least three feet above the landing area exposing his employees to a fall hazard of 20 feet 7 inches to the concrete floor below.

Issued

Sep 19, 2016

Abate by

Sep 29, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,703 · Current $3,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):   a)  At 9366 Turnberry Park Dr., Montgomery, Alabama:  On or about September 13, 2016 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employee to walk the tops of framed walls without fall protection exposing his employees to a fall hazard of 10 feet 1 inches to the concrete floor below.    THE DIAZ PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTION, LLC WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD OR ITS EQUIVALENT STANDARD 29 CFR 1926.501(B)(13), WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 1165778, CITATION NUMBER 1, ITEM NUMBER 1 AND WAS AFFIRMED AS A FINAL ORDER ON AUGUST 25, 2016, WITH RESPECT TO A WORKPLACE LOCATED AT 10353 DUNCANNON TRAIL, MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA.