OSHA Inspection: QUINTANA CONSTRUCTION

Issued

Apr 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $1,705 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.     East exterior wall of a residential dwelling under construction, an employee used a tubular frame scaffold with no direct access, exposing employees to fall hazards.

Issued

Apr 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(3): Frames and panels were not joined together vertically by coupling or stacking pins or equivalent means:  East exterior side of a residential dwelling under construction, an employee used a tubular frame scaffold with inadequate pins, exposing employees to fall hazards.

Issued

Apr 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards:  East exterior side of a residential dwelling under construction, employees were not trained by a qualified person in fall protection methods and means of erecting, or working from scaffolding to include but not limited to the installation of standard quardrails, safe access and egress onto and from the scaffold.

Issued

Apr 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $1,705 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.  East exterior wall of a residential dwelling under construction, an employee worked from a tubular frame scaffold without fall protection at a height greater than 10 feet above ground level.