OSHA Inspection: LOUIS GONZALEZ

Issued

2019-07-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-07-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1705.00 · Current $1705.00

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:  On or about May 23, 2019, employees working underneath scaffolding were not provided with protective helmets. This condition exposed the employees to struck by hazards from falling objects.

Issued

2019-07-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-07-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2273.00 · Current $2273.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(i): Each platform unit (e.g., scaffold plank, fabricated plank, fabricated deck, or fabricated platform) was not installed so that the space between adjacent units and the space between the platform and the uprights were no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, except where the employer can demonstrate that a wider space is necessary.  On or about May 23, 2019 employees were working from scaffolding that was not fully planked, exposing the employees to a fall hazards.

Issued

2019-07-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-07-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 or about May 23, 2019, employees were observed working from scaffolding that was not provided with proper access, such as portable or hook-on ladders, exposing employees to fall hazards.

Issued

2019-07-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-07-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  On or about May 23, 2019,  employees were working from scaffolding that was not provided with guardrails or other forms of fall protection, exposing employees to a fall hazard of more than 10 feet.