OSHA Inspection: CACERES CARPENTRY INC

Issued

2017-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2173.00 · Current $1155.00 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 October 25, 2017, at the above addressed site, employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 13 feet 10 inches when performing carpentry work on a fabricated frame scaffold that did not have the work level platform fully planked.

Issued

2017-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2173.00 · Current $1155.00 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 October 25, 2017, at the above addressed site, employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 13 feet10 inches when performing carpentry work on a fabricated frame scaffold that did not have the frame legs bearing on baseplates and/or mudsills.

Issued

2017-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(ii): Unstable objects were used to support scaffolds or platform units:  On or about October 25, 2017, at the above addressed site, employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 13 feet10 inches when performing carpentry work on a fabricated frame scaffold that had the frame legs bearing on  unstable objects including but not limited to concrete block and stacks of lumber 5 boards in height.

Issued

2017-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2173.00 · Current $1155.00 Reduced

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:    On or about October 25, 2017, at the above addressed site, employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 13 feet 10 inches when performing carpentry work on a fabricated frame scaffold that was not erected by a competent person in scaffold erection.

Issued

2017-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:   On or about October 25, 2017, at the above addressed site, employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 13 feet 10 inches when performing carpentry work on a fabricated frame scaffold prior to being provided with training for the hazards associated with scaffolds.

Issued

2017-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2716.00 · Current $1155.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 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 25, 2017, at the above addressed site, an employee was exposed to fall hazard of approximately 16 feet 8 inches when performing carpentry when sitting on a walking/working surface while not being protected from falling to the lower level.

Issued

2017-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  On or about October 25, 2017, at the above addressed site, an employee exposed to a fall hazard when performing carpentry work on a walking/working surface was not provided with a training program for him to recognize the hazards associated with the falling.