OSHA Inspection: GENERAL CONSTRUCTION RAMOS LLC

Issued

Aug 14, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $1,364 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury:                                                                                                             a) Exterior, pipe scaffold left side: Employee was exposed to eye/face injuries while cutting bricks and was not protected with any type of eye/face protection, on or about 7/11/2019.

Issued

Aug 14, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $2,387 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) Exterior Scaffold: Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked. Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 7 feet when working/walking on the scaffold platforms that were not fully planked, on or about 7/11/2019.

Issued

Aug 14, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,410 · Current $2,046 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.   a) Building Exterior-Pipe scaffold: A proper means of access was not provided for the scaffold system in the right side of the building, employee was using the cross braces as scaffold access thereby exposing employees to a fall hazard, on or about 7/11/2019

Issued

Aug 14, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) Building Exterior - Front left side: The employer did not fully and properly implement the engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection specified for the task on Table 1,and did not assess and limit the exposure of the the employee to crystalline silica, on or about 7/11/2019.

Issued

Aug 14, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(c)(2)(ii): Water was not applied at flow rates sufficient to minimize release of visible dust for tasks performed using wet methods:  a) Building Exterior - Front left side: The employer did not apply water to minimize the release of visible dust while dry cutting  bricks, the employee was exposed to silica dust while dry cutting bricks with a handheld power saw, on or about 7/11/2019.