OSHA Inspection: FERNANDO CASARRUBIAS

Issued

Aug 28, 2017

Abate by

Oct 2, 2017

Penalty

Initial $305 · Current $305

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:  (a) On or about 08/28/2017, the employer failed to submit certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 3 issued on 05/24/2017 with an abatement date of 06/06/2017.  (b) On or about 08/28/2017, the employer failed to submit certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 6 issued on 05/24/2017 with an abatement date of 06/06/2017.  (c) On or about 08/28/2017, the employer failed to submit certification of corrective action for citation 2, item 1 issued on 05/24/2017 with an abatement date of 06/20/2017.

Issued

Aug 28, 2017

Abate by

Oct 2, 2017

Penalty

Initial $305 · Current $305

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1): The employer did not submit to the Agency documents demonstrating that abatement is complete for each willful or repeat violation and for any serious violation for which the Agency indicates in the citation that such abatement documentation is required:  (a) On or about 08/28/2017, the employer failed to submit documentation and certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 4a issued on 05/24/2017 with an abatement due date of 06/06/2017.  (b) On or about 08/28/2017, the employer failed to submit documentation and certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 4b issued on 05/24/2017 with an abatement date of 06/13/2017.  (c) On or about 08/28/2017, the employer failed to submit documentation and certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 4c issued on 05/24/2017 with an abatement date of 06/06/2017.  (d) On or about 08/28/2017, the employer failed to submit documentation and certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 5 issued on 05/24/2017 with an abatement date of 06/06/2017.

Issued

May 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,630 · Current $1,630

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:  a) On or about 04/14/2017 - 29631 Nicholson Drive, Madison, AL, employees working as helpers on the ground, beneath scaffolding that was 12 feet high, and while brick masons broke brick were not provided hard hats.

Issued

May 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,630 · Current $1,630

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Employees were not provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:  a) On or about 04/14/2017 - 29631 Nicholson Drive, Madison, AL, employees breaking brick with their trowels were not provided safety glasses.   b) On or about 04/14/2017 - 29631 Nicholson Drive, Madison, AL, employees handling both premixed Portland Cement, Type N at the mixer, mixed mud while installing brick into an exterior wall were not provided safety glasses.   c) On or about 04/14/2017 - 29631 Nicholson Drive, Madison, AL, employees cutting brick with a DeWalt chop saw were not provided safety glasses.

Issued

May 24, 2017

Abate by

Jun 6, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,259 · Current $3,259

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(1): Power operated tool(s), designed to accommodate guards, were not equipped with such guards when in use:  a) On or about 04/14/2017 - 29631 Nicholson Drive, Madison AL, employees operating a DeWalt chop saw to cut brick to size for installation into an exterior wall was operated with the guard tied back.   b) On or about 04/14/2017 - 29631 Nicholson Drive, Madison AL, employees operated a Whitman mixer with the pull cord guard removed.

Issued

May 24, 2017

Abate by

Jun 6, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $3,803

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) On or about 04/14/2017 - 29631 Nicholson Drive, Madison, AL, employees laying brick on a residential home at approximately 12 feet above the ground were not protected from falls.

Issued

May 24, 2017

Abate by

Jun 13, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  a) On or about 04/14/2017 - 29631 Nicholson Drive, Madison, AL, employees working at approximately 12 feet above the ground laying brick unprotected from falls were unaware of the hazards.

Issued

May 24, 2017

Abate by

Jun 6, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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):  a) On or about 04/14/2017 - 29631 Nicholson Drive, Madison, AL, employees working at 12 feet above the ground laying brick around an exterior wall did not have the scaffolding platform fully planked.

Issued

May 24, 2017

Abate by

Jun 6, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $3,803

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  a) On or about 04/14/2017 - 29631 Nicholson Drive, Madison, AL, employees working on a scaffold system installing brick did not have the base scaffolding legs resting on base plates and mud sills.

Issued

May 24, 2017

Abate by

Jun 6, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,259 · Current $3,259

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(9)(ii): Hook-on or attachable ladders were not installed as soon as scaffold erection was progressed to a point that permits safe installation and use:  a) On or about 04/14/2017 - 29631 Nicholson Drive, Madison, AL, employees accessed and egressed the scaffolding system without the use of an attached ladder.

Issued

May 24, 2017

Abate by

Jun 20, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employer had not developed or implemented a written hazard communication program included the requirements outlined in 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) and (e)(1)(ii):   a) On or about 04/14/2017 - 29631 Nicholson Drive, Madison, AL, the employer had not developed a written program for employees exposed to Portland cement, Type N while mixing mud.