OSHA Inspection: LUIS LUGO

Issued

Jan 24, 2019

Abate by

Feb 20, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $1,250 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met (Construction Reference: 1926.59):    (a) Throughout the jobsite, the employer had not developed, implemented, and maintained a written hazard communication program for employees performing masonry installation operations who were exposed to hazardous chemicals including, but not limited to, TXI Masonry Cement (contains respirable crystalline silica dust, Portland cement, and limestone stone),  which can result in silicosis, lung cancer, COPD, skin burns, serious eye damage, eye and skin irritation.

Issued

Jan 24, 2019

Abate by

Feb 20, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not ensure that material safety data sheets were readily accessible to the employees in their work area during each work shift (Construction Reference: 1926.59):  (a) Throughout the jobsite the employer did not ensure that safety data sheets for employees performing masonry installation operations who were exposed to hazardous chemicals including, but not limited to, TXI Masonry Cement (contains respirable crystalline silica dust, Portland cement, and limestone stone),  which can result in silicosis, lung cancer, COPD, skin burns, serious eye damage, eye and skin irritation.

Issued

Jan 24, 2019

Abate by

Feb 20, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area (Construction Reference: 1926.59):   (a) Throughout the jobsite, employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals including, but not limited to, TXI Masonry Cement (contains respirable crystalline silica dust, Portland cement, and limestone stone),  which can result in silicosis, lung cancer, COPD, skin burns, serious eye damage, eye and skin irritation.

Issued

Jan 24, 2019

Abate by

Feb 20, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $1,250 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.50(g): Where employees were exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body were not provided within the work area for immediate emergency use:    (a) Throughout the jobsite, employees were working with corrosive chemicals including but not limited to: TXI Masonry (Masonry Cement).

Issued

Jan 24, 2019

Abate by

Feb 20, 2019

Penalty

Initial $1,705 · Current $1,250 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:    (a) Throughout the jobsite, employees were not protected from impact from falling or flying objects. Employees were not given protective helmets.

Issued

Jan 24, 2019

Abate by

Feb 20, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $1,250 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee used appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.     (a) Throughout the jobsite, employees using TXI Masonry Cement were not protected from corrosion of the eyes or skin.

Issued

Jan 24, 2019

Abate by

Feb 20, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $1,250 Reduced

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):     (a) Eastside of the jobsite, on the tubular welded scaffold system, employees were exposed to a fall hazard of 13-feet to the ground below.

Issued

Jan 24, 2019

Abate by

Feb 20, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $1,250 Reduced

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.    (a) Eastside of the jobsite, on the tubular welded scaffold system, employees were exposed to a fall hazard of 13-feet to the ground below.

Issued

Jan 24, 2019

Abate by

Feb 20, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $1,250 Reduced

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) Eastside of the jobsite, on the tubular welded scaffold system, employees were exposed to a fall hazard of 13-feet to the ground below.

Issued

Jan 24, 2019

Abate by

Feb 20, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2): Employees working below a scaffold were not protected from falling tools, materials or equipment in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs (h)(2)(i)-(v) of this section:    (a) Eastside of the jobsite, tubular welded scaffold employees were not protected from impact from falling or flying objects.

Issued

Jan 24, 2019

Abate by

Feb 20, 2019

Penalty

Initial $319 · Current $250 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6): The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer (Construction Reference 1926.103):     (a) Throughout the jobsite, the employer did not provide basic advisory information on respirators such as but not limited to dust masks. Employees were exposed to respiratory hazards associated with Portland Cement.