OSHA Inspection: EDUARDO MORENO

Issued

Aug 30, 2017

Abate by

Sep 6, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $1,630 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 July 28, 2017, and at times prior thereto, employees were laying brick on the hotel under construction from a seven tiered tubular welded scaffold up to approximately 41 feet high with no ladder for access, exposing employees to a fall hazard.

Issued

Aug 30, 2017

Abate by

Sep 6, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $1,630 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms before being released for use by employees other than erection/dismantling crews:  On or about July 28, 2017, and at times prior thereto, employees were laying brick on the hotel under construction from a seven tiered tubular welded scaffold up to approximately 41 feet high with no guardrails, exposing employees to a fall hazard.

Issued

Aug 30, 2017

Abate by

Sep 6, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,630 · Current $978 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1): Each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects. For falling objects too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected, the employer did not place and secure such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall.  On or about July 28, 2017, and at times prior thereto, employees were laying brick on the hotel under construction from a seven tiered tubular welded scaffold up to approximately 41 feet high with no toeboards, exposing employees to the hazard of being struck by tools or materials.