OSHA Inspection: ADRIAN VILLALPANDO CALDERON

Issued

Jul 25, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $3,880

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.  a). Building 10 - On or about April 12, 2018, the vertical support poles on a pump jack scaffold did not bear on mud sills or other adequate firm foundation, thus exposing employees to a fall hazard of approximately 19.5 feet.

Issued

Jul 25, 2018

Abate by

Aug 20, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.  a). Building 10 - On or about April 12, 2018, a pump jack scaffold was not erected under the supervision and direction of a competent person, thus exposing employees to a fall hazard up to approximately 30 feet.

Issued

Jul 25, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.  a). Building 10 - On or about April 12, 2018, employees worked from a pump jack scaffold without the use of a fall protection system, thus exposing employees to a fall hazard of approximately 19.5 feet.

Issued

Jul 25, 2018

Abate by

Aug 20, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(2): The employer did not have a competent person determine the feasibility and safety of providing fall protection for employees erecting or dismantling supported scaffolds. The employer did not provide fall protection for employees erecting or dismantling supported scaffolds where the installation and use of such protection is feasible and does not create a greater hazard.  a). Building 10 - On or about April 12, 2018, the employer did not have a competent person to determine the feasibility and safety of providing fall protection to an employee who worked from the building's roof without a fall protection system in place while erecting a pump jack scaffold, thus exposing the employees to a fall hazard of approximately 30 feet.

Issued

Jul 25, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2): Poles of pump jack scaffold(s) were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing, or equivalent, at the bottom, top and other points as necessary.  a). Building 10 - On or about April 12, 2018, the vertical support poles on a pump jack scaffold were not secured at the bottom, thus exposing employees to a fall hazard of approximately 19.5 feet.

Issued

Jul 25, 2018

Abate by

Aug 20, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $3,880

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.  a). Building 10 - On or about April 12, 2018, the employer did not have employees who worked from a pump jack scaffold trained by a qualified person in the subject matter to recognize hazards associated with scaffolds and the procedures to control or minimize those hazards, thus exposing employees to a fall hazard of approximately 19.5 feet.

Issued

Jul 25, 2018

Abate by

Aug 20, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee who was 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 as outlined in (b)(1) through (b)(4) of this section.  a). Building 10 - On or about April 12, 2018, the employer did not have each employee involved in the erection of a pump jack scaffold trained by a competent person, thus exposing employees to a fall hazard up to approximately 30 feet.