OSHA Inspection: EMMANUEL GOMEZ

Issued

Jan 31, 2019

Abate by

Feb 12, 2019

Penalty

Initial $319 · Current $319

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:  a) The employer failed to provide abatement certification that was due on November 5, 2018.

Issued

Sep 27, 2018

Abate by

Oct 24, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $3,600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish to each of his employees a place of employment which was free from a recognized tip-over hazard that was causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees:    (a) This violation occurred on or about August 8, 2018 in the restaurant area, when employees working from a two-tier high mobile scaffold (erected with no outriggers) when doing insulation work were exposed to a scaffold tip-over hazard.

Issued

Sep 27, 2018

Abate by

Oct 24, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(15): Ladders shall not be used on scaffolds to increase the working level height of employees, except on large area scaffolds where employers have satisfied the criteria in sub-paragraphs (i) through (iv):  (a) This violation occurred on or about August 8, 2018 in the restaurant area, where employees working from a 6 foot A-frame ladder used to increase the working level height of employees and set on a Werner mobile scaffold (built one by two tiers high) were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately twelve (12) feet to the concrete floor below. The scaffold was not a large area scaffold.

Issued

Sep 27, 2018

Abate by

Oct 17, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(w)(2): Scaffold casters and wheels were not locked with positive wheel and/or wheel and swivel locks, or equivalent means, to prevent movement of the scaffold while the scaffold was used in a stationary manner:  (a) This violation occurred on or about August 8, 2018 in the restaurant area, where employees working from a two tiered mobile scaffolding without the caster wheels locked exposing them to a fall hazard of twelve (12) feet or more to the concrete floor below.

Issued

Sep 27, 2018

Abate by

Oct 24, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b)(2): 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 correct procedures for erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, inspecting, and maintaining the type of scaffold in question:  a) This violation occurred on or about August 8, 2018 in the restaurant area, where employees installing insulation onto the walls of a bar utilizing mobile scaffolding stacked two tiers tall were not trained by a competent person to recognize the hazards associated with erecting and using the scaffold exposing the employees to a fall hazard of approximately twelve (12) feet to the concrete floor below.