OSHA Inspection: HURTADO CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, CORP.

Issued

2019-11-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-11-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2273.00 · Current $2273.00

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):  On or about July 2, 2019, in front of the building under repair, an employee was working from a wooden platform on a tubular welded scaffold up to approximately 14 feet high without the platform being fully planked, exposing the employee to a fall hazard.

Issued

2019-11-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-11-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2273.00 · Current $2273.00

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 July 2, 2019, in front of the building under repair, two employee accessed a tubular welded scaffold by climbing up the cross braces, exposing the employees to a fall hazard of approximately 14 feet in height.

Issued

2019-11-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-11-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2273.00 · Current $2273.00

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.  On or about July 2, 2019, in front of the building under repair, an employee was working from a tubular welded scaffold up to approximately 14 feet high without fall protection, exposing the employee to a fall hazard.

Issued

2019-11-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-11-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  On or about July 2, 2019, in front of the building under repair, employees accessed and worked from a tubular welded scaffold up to approximately 14 feet high without receiving scaffold training, exposing the employees to fall hazards.

Issued

2019-11-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-11-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question.  On or about July 2, 2019, in front of the building under repair, employees accessed and worked from a tubular welded scaffold up to approximately 14 feet high without being trained by a competent person prior to, exposing the employees to fall hazards.

Issued

2019-11-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-11-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2273.00 · Current $2273.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.  On or about July 2, 2019, in front of the building under repair, an employee was working on top of an awning, up to approximately 9 feet and 9 inches height without the fall protection, exposing the employee to a fall hazard.