OSHA Inspection: HOU-TEX NEWNOM, INC.

Issued

2017-03-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8873.00 · Current $6654.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolding was not fully planked or decked:    a) At the job site, on or about October 3, 2016, the working level of supported fabricated frame scaffolding was not fully planked, exposing window glazers to fall hazards.

Issued

2017-03-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8873.00 · Current $6654.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section:    a) At the job site, on or about October 3, 2016, window glazers, working from supported fabricated frame scaffolding approximately 28 feet above the ground, were not protected from falling by any type of a fall protection system.

Issued

2017-03-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8873.00 · Current $6654.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b)(2): The employer did not have each employee who was involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the correct procedures for erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, inspecting, and maintaining the supported fabricated scaffold:    a) At the site the foreman was not trained by a competent person to recognize the hazards associated with the inspection of the supported fabricated frame scaffold.

Issued

2017-03-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffold and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each workshift and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:  a) At the site, on or about October 3, 2016, supported fabricated frame scaffold being used by window glazers had not been inspected by a competent person prior to the workshift.