OSHA Inspection: ED PERALES CONSTRUCTION

Issued

2017-04-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3622.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    Employees working without hard hats were exposed to struck-by hazards while working on the ground level as other employees performed stucco work above.

Issued

2017-04-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4346.00 · Current $3042.00 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)    Employees performing stucco activities from the second tier of a scaffold structure that was not fully planked were exposed to a fall hazard in excess of 10 feet to the concrete below.

Issued

2017-04-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(4): End frames of tubular welded frame scaffolding were not locked together vertically by use of pins or equivalent means in areas where uplift could occur.    Employees performing stucco activities from a welded scaffold structure that was not secured with locking pins were exposed to fall hazards in excess of 10 ft. to the concrete below.

Issued

2017-04-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5070.00 · Current $3549.00 Reduced

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.    Employees performing stucco activities from an unguarded welded frame scaffold structure were exposed to an unprotected fall in excess of 10 feet to concrete below.

Issued

2017-04-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-15 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.    Employees performing stucco activities from the upper levels of a welded frame scaffold structure that did not have guardrails were exposed to a fall hazard in excess of 10 ft. to concrete below.

Issued

2017-04-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(iii): When midrails, screens, mesh, intermediate vertical members, solid panels, or equivalent structural members are used, they were not installed between the top edge of the guardrail system and the scaffold platform.    Employees were working from a welded frame scaffold structure platform that did not have midrails installed were exposed to fall hazards in excess of 10 ft. to concrete below.

Issued

2017-04-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5070.00 · Current $3549.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.    Employees performing stucco activities from a welded frame scaffold structure were not trained to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used.

Issued

2017-04-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.    Employees were working from a scaffold structure that had not been erected under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection and exposed to a fall hazard in excess of 10 feet to the concrete below.

Issued

2017-04-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question.    Employees who erected the scaffold structure were not trained by a competent person to recognize the hazards associated with the work.