OSHA Inspection: ARTURO CASTRO

Issued

Mar 9, 2018

Abate by

Mar 26, 2018

Penalty

Initial $311 · Current $311

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:  Location 16 Main Street, East Haven, CT 06513  a) Abatement certification and verification for Citation 01, Item 004a was not received within 10 calendar days (by February 10, 2018) following the abatement due date (February 1, 2018).  b) Abatement certification and verification for Citation 01, Item 004b was not received within 10 calendar days (by February 10, 2018) following the abatement due date (February 1, 2018).

Issued

Dec 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $2,716

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.    Location: 16 Main Street, East Haven, CT 06513  The 12 foot high scaffold platform on the ladder jack scaffold was not equipped with a safe means of access.

Issued

Dec 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $2,716

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.  Location: 16 Main Street, East Haven, CT 06513  The ladder jack scaffold with a scaffold platform 12 feet above the ground was not erected, moved, altered and dismantled under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, alteration and dismantling.

Issued

Dec 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $3,803

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold was not protected by a personal fall arrest system:  Location: 16 East Main Street, East Haven, CT 06513  The 12 foot high scaffold platform spanning between the American 28 foot fiberglass ladder and a 32 foot aluminum ladder as part of a ladder jack scaffold was not equipped with a fall protection system

Issued

Dec 27, 2017

Abate by

Feb 1, 2018

Penalty

Initial $1,630 · Current $1,630

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.  Location: 16 Main Street, East Haven, CT 06513  Each employee performing work such as but not limited to stucco work on a ladder jack scaffold was not trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with ladder jack scaffold and the procedures to control, minimize and/or eliminate those hazards.

Issued

Dec 27, 2017

Abate by

Feb 1, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.  Location: 16 Main Street, East Haven, CT 06513  Each employee involved in ladder jack scaffold erection, moving, maintaining and dismantling was not provided with scaffold training by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the scaffold erection, moving, maintaining and dismantling.