OSHA Inspection: GESTIDO CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

Dec 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $3,042 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):       On or about 07/14/2017, at the above addressed worksite, employees working from a scaffold that was not fully planked were exposed to a fall hazard.

Issued

Dec 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $3,042 Reduced

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:    29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights shall bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation.    29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights shall bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation.    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:    On or about 07/14/2017, at the above addressed worksite, employees were working from a fabricated frame scaffold that was not on mudsills exposing them to a fall hazard.

Issued

Dec 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $3,042 Reduced

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.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access:    On or about 07/14/2017, at the above addressed worksite, a ladder was not provided and employees were climbing the crossbars on a fabricated frame scaffold exposing them to a fall hazard.

Issued

Dec 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $3,042 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.    On or about 07/14/2017, at the above addressed worksite, employees working on the top deck of a two tier scaffold did not have any fall protection exposing them to a fall hazard.

Issued

Dec 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $3,042 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:    On or about 07/14/2017, at the above addressed worksite, employees were exposed to a struck-by hazard from a pully hoist that was not decurely mounted on the top frame of the scaffold.