OSHA Inspection: JOEL ALVAREZ

Issued

2018-09-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $1600.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Scaffold platforms and walkways were not at least 18 inches wide:  On April 24, 2018, at times prior there to, employees conducted foam installation on the exterior walls of a residential dwelling under construction, using a tubular frame scaffold with an insufficient platform.

Issued

2018-09-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(i): Footings were not level, sound, rigid, and capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement:  On April 24, 2018, at a residential structure under construction, employees conducted foam installation tasks using a tubular frame scaffold with footings incapable of supporting the loaded scaffold.

Issued

2018-09-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:   On April 24, 2018, and times prior there to, at a residential structure under construction, employees conducted foam installation tasks using a tubular frame scaffold without scaffold access.

Issued

2018-09-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $1600.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):   On April 24, 2018, throughout the roof of a residential dwelling under construction, employees conducted foam installation at a height greater than 6 feet above the ground without fall protection.