OSHA Inspection: DEL CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Mar 15, 2018

Abate by

Mar 30, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a):  Employees working in areas where there is a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    East Side:  On or about October 19, 2017 employees were exposed to a struck-by falling object hazard while performing stucco operations from a scaffold without wearing head protection.

Issued

Mar 15, 2018

Abate by

Mar 30, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,174 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.602(c)(1)(vi):  All industrial trucks in use did not meet the applicable requirements of design, construction, stability, inspection, testing, maintenance, and operation, as defined in American National Standards Institute B56.1-1969, Safety Standards for Powered Industrial Trucks.    a)    East Side:  On or about October 19, 2017, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to a fall hazard, while being transported in a temporary elevated platform supported by a JLG Skytrak Telehandler, Model 8042, with a damaged carriage bar and tines.    b)    East Side:  On or about October 19, 2017, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to a struck-by hazard, while working underneath elevated loads on a Skytrak Telehandler, Model 8042, with a damaged carriage bar and tines.

Issued

Mar 15, 2018

Abate by

Mar 30, 2018

Penalty

Initial $9,054 · Current $2,716 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6):  Scaffold was not designed by a qualified person and was not constructed and loaded in accordance with that design:     East side:  On or about October 19, 2017, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while being transported in a temporary elevated platform supported by a JLG Skytrak Telehandler, Model 8042, to access the scaffold.

Issued

Mar 15, 2018

Abate by

Mar 30, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(v): Fork-lift was used to support scaffold platforms and the entire platform was not attached to the fork and the fork-lift is not moved horizontally while the platform is occupied.    East Side:  On or about October 19, 2017, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while being transported in a temporary elevated platform that was not properly attached to a JLG Skytrak Telehandler, Model 8042.

Issued

Mar 15, 2018

Abate by

Mar 30, 2018

Penalty

Initial $9,054 · Current $2,716 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms are 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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface were not used. Crossbraces were used as a means of access:    East Side:  On or about October 19, 2017, employees were exposed to a fall hazard greater than 10 feet to the ground level below, while performing stucco operations without a ladder for access.

Issued

Mar 15, 2018

Abate by

Mar 30, 2018

Penalty

Initial $6,467 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii): Each platform greater than 10 feet in length extended over its support more than 18 inches:    East side:  On or about October 19, 2017, an employee was exposed to a fall hazard of greater than 10 feet to the ground level below while performing stucco operations from a scaffold platform which extended greater than 18 inches over its support.

Issued

Mar 15, 2018

Abate by

Mar 30, 2018

Penalty

Initial $12,935 · Current $5,174 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1):  Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level:    East Side:  On or about October 19, 2017, employees were exposed to a fall hazard of greater than 10 feet to the ground level below, while performing stucco operations from a welded tubular scaffold without a complete guard rail system.    Del Construction was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 975699, citation number 1, item number 1, and was affirmed as a final order on June 27, 2014, with respect to a workplace located at 3819 Harry Wurzbach Road, San Antonio, TX 78218.

Issued

Mar 15, 2018

Abate by

Mar 30, 2018

Penalty

Initial $10,347 · Current $4,139 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1):  Each employee on a walking/working surface (horizontal and vertical surface) with an unprotected side or edge which is 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:    On or about October 19, 2017, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to a fall hazard of greater than 6 feet to the ground level below, while working along a stone retaining wall without using fall protection.    Del Construction was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 975699, citation number 1, item number 2, and was affirmed as a final order on June 27, 2014, with respect to a workplace located at 3819 Harry Wurzbach Road, San Antonio, TX  78218.