OSHA Inspection: CESAR MONTOYA

Issued

2016-10-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-11-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2672.00 · Current $1069.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there is a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    On or about October 20, 2016, an employee was exposed to the hazard of being struck by falling objects, while working below a bricklaying operation without wearing a hardhat.

Issued

2016-10-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-11-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2672.00 · Current $1069.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(2): Belts, gears, shafts, pulleys, sprockets, spindles, drums, fly wheels, chains, or other reciprocating, rotating or moving parts of equipment were not guarded if such parts were exposed to contact by employees or otherwise create a hazard. Guarding did not meet the requirements as set forth in American National Standards Institute, B15.1-1953 (R1958), Safety Code for Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus:    On or about October 20, 2016, employees were exposed to a caught-in hazard while operating an electric portable mortar mixer without a guard covering the rotating parts.

Issued

2016-10-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-11-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2138.00 · Current $856.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(i): Each platform unit (e.g., scaffold plank, fabricated plank, fabricated deck, or fabricated platform) was not installed so that the space between adjacent units and the space between the platform and the uprights is no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, except where the employer can demonstrate that a wider space is necessary:    On or about October 20, 2016, employees were exposed to a fall hazard of greater than 10 feet to the ground level below, while working from a scaffold which did not have the work platform fully planked.

Issued

2016-10-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-11-10 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:  On or about October 20, 2016, employees were exposed to a fall hazard of greater than 6 feet to the ground level below, while accessing a scaffold platform without a ladder.

Issued

2016-10-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-11-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms. Guardrail systems were not installed before the scaffold is released for use by employees other than erection/dismantling crews:  On or about October 20, 2016, employees were exposed to a fall hazard of greater than 10 feet to the ground level below, while applying bricks to the exterior wall of a residential construction from a scaffold without a guardrail system in place.

Issued

2016-10-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-11-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2138.00 · Current $856.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(ii): A toeboard was not erected along the edge of platforms more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower levels for a distance sufficient to protect employees below:    On or about October 20, 2016, employees were exposed to the hazard of being struck by falling objects, while working from a scaffold which did not have protection to prevent materials from falling off the platform.

Issued

2016-10-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-11-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2138.00 · Current $856.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a)(3): The employer did not have each employee who performs work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the proper use of the scaffold, and the proper handling of materials on the scaffold, in order to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards:    On or about October 20, 2016, employees were exposed to a fall hazard of greater than 10 feet to the ground level below, and other safety hazards, while working from a scaffold without being trained to recognize the hazards.