OSHA Inspection: MORENO GENERAL CONSTRUCTION

Issued

Aug 3, 2018

Abate by

Sep 24, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,174 · Current $3,104 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): It shall be the responsibility of the employer to initiate and maintain such programs as may be necessary to comply with this part.    a. On or about May 22, 2018, located at the Grant Park Apartments at apartment building 2A, the employer did not initiate and maintain safety and health programs for employees performing masonry work from scaffolding, thereby exposing employees to struck-by, caught-between and fall hazards.

Issued

Aug 3, 2018

Abate by

Sep 24, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,174 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer shall instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury.      a. On or about May 22, 2018, located at the Grant Park Apartments at apartment building 2A, the employer did not instruct employees in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions while employees were performing masonry work from scaffolding, thereby exposing the employees to struck-by, caught-between and fall hazards.

Issued

Aug 3, 2018

Abate by

Aug 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,174 · Current $3,104 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds shall be fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as follows:    a. On or about May 22, 2018, located at the Grant Park Apartments at apartment building 2A, employees were performing masonry work from a fabricated framed scaffold while not all working levels were fully planked, thereby exposing the employees to a fall hazard of approximately 20-30 feet.

Issued

Aug 3, 2018

Abate by

Aug 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,174 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(7): On scaffolds where platforms are overlapped to create a long platform, the overlap shall occur only over supports, and shall not be less than 12 inches (30 cm) unless the platforms are nailed together or otherwise restrained to prevent movement.    a. On or about May 22, 2018, located at the Grant Park Apartments at apartment building 2A, employees were performing masonry work from a fabricated framed scaffold while there were planks that were not distributed over supports on the top of the second, third and forth scaffold platform, thereby exposing the employees to a fall hazard of approximately 15-30 feet.

Issued

Aug 3, 2018

Abate by

Aug 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,174 · Current $3,104 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1)(ii): Guys, ties, and braces shall be installed according to the scaffold manufacturer's recommendations or at the closest horizontal member to the 4:1 height and be repeated vertically at locations of horizontal members every 20 feet (6.1 m) or less thereafter for scaffolds 3 feet (0.91 m) wide or less, and every 26 feet (7.9 m) or less thereafter for scaffolds greater than 3 feet (0.91 m) wide. The top guy, tie or brace of completed scaffolds shall be placed no further than the 4:1 height from the top. Such guys, ties and braces shall be installed at each end of the scaffold and at horizontal intervals not to exceed 30 feet (9.1 m) (measured from one end [not both] towards the other).  a. On or about May 22, 2018, located at the Grant Park Apartments at apartment building 2A, employees were performing masonry work from four foot wide fabricated framed scaffolds that were approximately 35 feet in height with no guys, ties or bracing to protect the employees from a scaffold collapse exposing employees to fall hazards up to approximately 35 feet, caught-between and struck-by hazards.   a. On or about May 22, 2018, located at the Grant Park Apartments at apartment building 2A, employees were performing masonry work from five foot wide fabricated framed scaffolds that were approximately 35 feet in height with no guys, ties or bracing to protect the employees from a scaffold collapse exposing employees to fall hazards up to approximately 35 feet, caught-between and struck-by hazards.

Issued

Aug 3, 2018

Abate by

Aug 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(i): Footings shall be level, sound, rigid, and capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement.  a. On or about May 22, 2018, located at the Grant Park Apartments at apartment building 2A, employees were performing masonry work from fabricated framed scaffolding that was approximately 35 feet in height without level footing to protect the employees from a scaffold collapse exposing employees to fall hazards up to approximately 35 feet, caught-between and struck-by hazards.

Issued

Aug 3, 2018

Abate by

Aug 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(3): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights shall be plumb and braced to prevent swaying and displacement.  a. On or about May 22, 2018, located at the Grant Park Apartments at apartment building 2A, employees were performing masonry work from four foot wide fabricated framed scaffolds that were approximately 35 feet in height and not plumb to protect the employees from a scaffold collapse exposing employees to fall hazards up to approximately 35 feet, caught-between and struck-by hazards.

Issued

Aug 3, 2018

Abate by

Aug 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,174 · Current $3,104 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 shall be used. Crossbraces shall not be used as a means of access.  a. On or about May 22, 2018, located at the Grant Park Apartments at apartment building 2A, employees were climbing the cross bracing to ascend and descend a fabricated frame scaffold, thereby exposing the employees to a fall hazard of 20-30 feet.

Issued

Aug 3, 2018

Abate by

Aug 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(6): Integral prefabricated scaffold access frames shall:  29 CFR 1926.451(e)(6)(i): Be specifically designed and constructed for use as ladder rungs;  a. On or about May 22, 2018, located at the Grant Park Apartments at apartment building 2A, employees were climbing a walkthrough scaffold's frame to ascend and descend the scaffolding, thereby exposing the employees to a fall hazard of 20-30 feet.

Issued

Aug 3, 2018

Abate by

Aug 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,174 · Current $3,104 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(13): Debris shall not be allowed to accumulate on platforms.  a. On or about May 22, 2018, located at the Grant Park Apartments at apartment building 2A, employees were performing masonry work on a fabricated frame scaffolding with significant amount of brick, mortar, scaffolding components, etc. exposing employees to trip, slip, fall hazards to employees on the scaffolding and struck-by hazards to employees below.

Issued

Aug 3, 2018

Abate by

Aug 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1): In addition to wearing hardhats each employee on a scaffold shall be provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, or guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects. When the falling objects are too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected by any of the above-listed measures, the employer shall place such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall and shall secure those materials as necessary to prevent their falling.  a. On or about May 22, 2018, located at the Grant Park Apartments at apartment building 2A, employees were performing masonry work on a fabricated frame scaffolding with significant amount of brick, mortar, scaffolding components, etc. while there were no toe boards, screens or guardrails systems to prevent material and tools from falling off the scaffolding, thereby exposing employees below to struck-by hazards.

Issued

Aug 3, 2018

Abate by

Aug 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,174 · Current $3,104 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 shall be protected from falling to that lower level. Paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (vii) of this section establish the types of fall protection to be provided to the employees on each type of scaffold. Paragraph (g)(2) of this section addresses fall protection for scaffold erectors and dismantlers.      a. On or about May 22, 2018, located at the Grant Park Apartments at apartment building 2A, employees were performing masonry work on a fabricated frame scaffolding without any means of fall protection on the scaffolding ends and inadequate guardrail (no mid rail) along the front of the scaffolding, thereby exposing the employees to a fall hazards as high as approximately 35 feet.

Issued

Aug 3, 2018

Abate by

Aug 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,174 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): "Residential construction." Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall be protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system unless another provision in paragraph (b) of this section provides for an alternative fall protection measure. Exception: When the employer can demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems, the employer shall develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of 1926.502.        a. On or about May 22, 2018, located at the Grant Park Apartments at apartment building 2A, employees were performing masonry work from the roof of the apartment complex without any means of fall protection, thereby exposing the employees to a fall hazard of approximately 35 feet.