OSHA Inspection: PIEDRAHITA GROUP LLC

Issued

2017-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1630.00 · Current $815.00 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:    On or about 7/28/2017, at the above addressed work site, employees were exposed to a struck-by hazard while applying stucco on a two-story residential  home from a three-tier scaffold.

Issued

2017-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(i): The area below the scaffold was not barricaded, and employees were not prohibited from entering the hazard area:  On or about 7/28/2017, at the above addressed work site, employees were exposed to a struck-by hazard while applying stucco on a two-story residential  home from a three-tier scaffold that was not barricaded.

Issued

2017-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2716.00 · Current $1358.00 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):    On or about 7/28/2017, at the above addressed work site, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while applying stucco on a two-story residential  home from a three-tier scaffold that did not have sufficient planking.

Issued

2017-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2716.00 · Current $1358.00 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 7/28/2017, at the above addressed work site, the employer did not ensure scaffold and scaffold components were inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift during the application of stucco on a two-story residential building.    PLEASE NOTE: CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

2017-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2716.00 · Current $1358.00 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:    On or about 7/28/2017, at the above addressed work site, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while applying stucco on a two-story residential  home from a three-tier scaffold that did not bear on base plates and mud sills.

Issued

2017-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(iii): Unstable objects were used as working platforms:  On or about 7/28/2017, at the above addressed work site, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while applying stucco on a two-story residential  home from a three-tier scaffold where scaffold legs were installed on top of cement block units.

Issued

2017-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2716.00 · Current $1358.00 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.  Cross braces were used as a means of access.:    On or about 7/28/2017, at the above addressed work site, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while applying stucco on a two-story residential  home from a three-tier scaffold where cross braces were used to access the top level of the scaffold.

Issued

2017-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2716.00 · Current $1358.00 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:    On or about 7/28/2017, at the above addressed work site, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while applying stucco on a two-story residential  home from a three-tier scaffold that lacked guardrails.

Issued

2017-11-20 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:  On or about 7/28/2017, at the above addressed work site, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while applying stucco on a two-story residential  home from a three-tier scaffold that lacked guardrails along the open sides and ends of platforms.

Issued

2017-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): Tubular welded frames and panels were not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which would have secured vertical members together laterally:  On or about 7/28/2017, at the above addressed work site, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while applying stucco on a two-story residential  home from a three-tier scaffold that lacked diagonal braces.

Issued

2017-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee use appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors or potentially injurious light radiation:  On or about 7/27/2017, at the above addressed work site, an employee mixing and applying stucco cement was exposed to  severe eye irritation and chemical burns due to lack of eye protection.

Issued

2017-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:  On or about 7/27/2017, at the above addressed work site, the employer did not develop a written hazard communication program, which employees were exposed to Portland Cement during the mixing and application of the stucco.  PLEASE NOTE: CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

2017-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not ensure that material safety data sheets were readily accessible to the employees in their work area during each work shift:  On or about 7/27/2017, at the above addressed work site, the employer did not have the safety data sheet readily available at the work site for the stucco cement the employees were applying to the structure.  PLEASE NOTE: CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.