OSHA Inspection: ALVAREZ MASONRY

Issued

2017-11-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2716.00 · Current $2716.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms.  At a commercial construction jobsite, on the east side of the building employees performing masonry activities from a tubular welded frame scaffold were not provided with end-rails, exposing employees to fall hazards of approximately 14 feet to the ground below.

Issued

2017-11-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2173.00 · Current $2173.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(4): End frames of tubular welded frame scaffolding were not locked together vertically by use of pins or equivalent means in areas where uplift could occur:   Employees performing masonry activities from a tubular welded frame scaffold was not locked together to prevent uplifting exposing employees to fall hazards.

Issued

2017-11-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1630.00 · Current $1630.00

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.  Employees performing masonry activities from a tubular welded frame scaffold were not trained in recognizing the hazards involving the work from a scaffold, exposing employees to fall hazards.

Issued

2017-11-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7605.00 · Current $7605.00

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).   At a commercial construction jobsite, employees were performing masonry activities from a tubular welded frame scaffold that was not fully decked, exposing employees to fall hazards of approximately 14 feet to the ground below.  Alvarez Masonry was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 954570, citation number 1, item number 3 and was affirmed as a final order on 08/06/2014, with a final abatement date of 08/02/2014, with respect to a workplace located at 9095 Custer, Plano, TX 75074.

Issued

2017-11-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7605.00 · Current $7605.00

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.   At a commercial construction jobsite, employees performing masonry activities from a tubular welded frame scaffold were not provided with a ladder for safe access and/or egress from the different working levels on the scaffold, exposing employees to fall hazards of approximately 14 feet to the ground below.  Alvarez Masonry was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 954570, citation number 1, item number 4 and was affirmed as a final order on 08/06/2014, with a final abatement date of 08/02/2014, with respect to a workplace located at 9095 Custer, Plano, TX 75074.

Issued

2017-11-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5432.00 · Current $5432.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:   At a commercial construction jobsite, on the east side of the building employees performing masonry activities from a tubular welded frame scaffold were not provided with adequate fall protection, exposing employees to fall hazards of approximately 14 feet to the ground below.  Alvarez Masonry was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 954570, citation number 1, item number 5 and was affirmed as a final order on 08/06/2014, with a final abatement date of 08/02/2014, with respect to a workplace located at 9095 Custer, Plano, TX 75074.