OSHA Inspection: ERIKA ALCARAS

Issued

2019-07-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2273.00 · Current $1364.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Platform(s) on all working levels of scaffolds, were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and guardrail supports such that the space between adjacent units, and the space between the platform and the uprights is no more than one inch:      a) At the site: On or about June 20, 2019, the working level of a scaffold used by employees performing brick laying was not fully planked, exposing employees to a fall hazard.

Issued

2019-07-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2273.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.    a)  At the site: On or about June 20, 2019 employees used a scaffold for overhand brick laying that was not erected by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person, exposing employees to a fall hazard.

Issued

2019-07-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2273.00 · Current $1364.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(14): Makeshift devices, such as but not limited to boxes and barrels, were used on top of scaffold platforms to increase the working level height of employees:    a) At the site: On or about June 20, 2019 employees performing overhand brick laying operations on a supported scaffold at a height greater than 10 feet above a lower level stood on a plastic bucket to increase the working level height.

Issued

2019-07-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vi): Each employee performing overhand bricklaying operations from a supported scaffold was not protected from falling from all open sides and ends of the scaffold (except at the side next to the wall being laid) by the use of a personal fall arrest system or guardrail system (with minimum 200 pound toprail capacity).    a) At the site: On or about June 20, 2019 employees performing overhand brick laying operations on a supported scaffold at a height greater than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling by a fall protection system.

Issued

2019-07-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $2387.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(c)(1): For each employee engaged in a task identified on Table 1, the employer did not fully and properly implement the engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection specified for the task on Table 1, unless the employer assesses and limits the exposure of the employee to respirable crystalline silica in accordance with paragraph (d) of this section.    a) At the site: On or about June 20, 2019 the employer did not implement use of a masonry saw with integrated water delivery when employees cut brick containing silica, exposing employees to an inhalation hazard.

Issued

2019-07-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(i)(2)(i)(C): The employer did not ensure that each employee covered by this section could demonstrate knowledge and understanding of specific measures the employer has implemented to protect employees from exposure to respirable crystalline silica, including engineering controls, work practices, and respirators to be used:    a) At the site: On or about June 20, 2019 the employer did not ensure employees cutting brick containing crystalline silica understood measures to protect themselves from inhalation of dust during cutting, including implementation of water delivery to the saw.