OSHA Inspection: HERNANDEZ MASONRY, LLC

Issued

Jun 5, 2019

Abate by

Jun 13, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,410 · Current $1,700 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) 2nd buck of scaffold on left east face of structure;  On or about the May 10, 2019, and at times prior thereto, the employer exposed his employees to fall hazards of 12 feet to the ground below in that employees were allowed to perform masonry activities from a scaffold system without it being fully planked or decked.

Issued

Jun 5, 2019

Abate by

Jun 13, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) 2nd buck of scaffold on left east face of structure;  On or about the May 10, 2019, and at times prior thereto, the employer exposed his employees to a fall hazard of up to 12 feet to the ground below, in that employees performing masonry activities were allowed to use the cross-braces of the scaffolding to access and egress the 2nd buck of the scaffolding.

Issued

Jun 5, 2019

Abate by

Jun 13, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) 2nd buck of scaffold on left east face of structure;  On or about the May 10, 2019, and at times prior thereto, the employer exposed his employees to fall hazards of up to 12 feet to the ground below, in that employees were allowed to perform masonry activities from the 2nd buck of the scaffold without fall protection.

Issued

Jun 5, 2019

Abate by

Jun 13, 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.  a) Scaffolding located at the left east face of the structure;  On or about the May 10, 2019, and at times prior thereto, the employer failed to train employees to recognize and avoid the hazards associated working on scaffolding and procedures to control and minimize those hazards.

Issued

Jun 5, 2019

Abate by

Jun 13, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $1,700 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) Scaffolding located at the left east face of the structure;  On or about the May 10, 2019, and at times prior thereto, the employer failed to protect his employees from overhead failing objects such as but not limited to hand tools, materials and equipment while working below the scaffold system.