OSHA Inspection: JOSE GARCIA

Issued

Oct 17, 2018

Abate by

Nov 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $1,663 · Current $1,663

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(f)(6): The path to ground from circuits, equipment, or enclosures was not permanent and continuous.     On the south side of the construction site, employees engaged in masonry activities utilized an extension cord that was missing the ground pin to operate electric saw and was exposed to electrical shock hazards.

Issued

Oct 17, 2018

Abate by

Nov 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $3,880

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6): Scaffolds were not constructed in accordance with the design by a qualified person.     On the south side of the construction site, employees installing masonry material from a tubular welded frame scaffold that was not constructed by a qualified person in accordance with American National Standard Institute (ANSI) B56.6 standards, Section 8.5.6. exposing employees to a fall hazard of 12 feet.

Issued

Oct 17, 2018

Abate by

Nov 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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).   On the south side of the construction site, an employee working from a tubular welded frame scaffold that was not fully planked on all working levels was exposed to the hazards of falling.

Issued

Oct 17, 2018

Abate by

Nov 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,217 · Current $2,217

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.   On the south side of the construction site, the employer did not ensure the tubular welded frame scaffold poles each had base plates and mud sills for an adequate firm foundation, exposing employees to a 12 foot fall hazard to the ground below.

Issued

Oct 17, 2018

Abate by

Nov 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,217 · Current $2,217

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.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.   On the south side of the construction site, the employer did not provide a scaffold ladder where the employees could access and egress the tubular welded frame scaffold exposing them to fall of up to 12 feet.

Issued

Oct 17, 2018

Abate by

Nov 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $3,880

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.   On the south side of the construction site, an employee installing masonry material was observed working from the second level of a tubular welded frame scaffold without a fall protection system was exposed to a fall hazard of 12 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Oct 17, 2018

Abate by

Nov 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(a)(2): Cross bracing was not installed between the inner and outer sets of poles on double pole scaffolds:    On the south side of the construction site, employees working from a tubular welded frame scaffold that had missing cross braces exposing employees to fall hazard of up to 12 feet.