OSHA Inspection: YANNY MURCIA

Issued

2020-01-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1705.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)    JOBSITE:  The employer did not develop and implement a written Hazard Communication program where employees were required to work with and handle hazardous chemicals, such as (but not limited to) Lehigh Masonry Cement Type N, and DAP all Purpose Acrylic Latex Caulk plus Silicone.

Issued

2020-01-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not ensure that safety data sheets were readily accessible to the employees in their work area during each shift for chemicals used:   JOBSITE:  The employer did not ensure that safety data sheets were readily available where employees were required to work with and handle hazardous chemicals, such as (but not limited to) Lehigh Masonry Cement Type N, and DAP all Purpose Acrylic Latex Caulk plus Silicone.

Issued

2020-01-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): The employer did not provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard that the employees had not previously been trained about was introduced into their work area. Information and training was not designed to cover all applicable categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals:   JOBSITE: The employer did not provide training and information on Hazard Communication for the employees required to work with and handle hazardous chemicals, such as (but not limited to) Lehigh Masonry Cement Type N, and DAP all Purpose Acrylic Latex Caulk plus Silicone.

Issued

2020-01-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1705.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee used appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.    JOBSITE: The employee exposed to the hazard of being struck by flying particles while mixing cement was not wearing eye protection.

Issued

2020-01-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $2750.00 Reduced

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.    JOBSITE: The employer did not ensure that the platform of the fabricated frame scaffold from which an employee was performing a brick laying task was fully planked or decked with spaces no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide.

Issued

2020-01-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered only under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling, or alteration and such activities were not performed by only experienced and trained employees:  JOBSITE: The employer did not ensure that the fabricated frame scaffold from which an employee was laying bricks on the chimney was erected under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection.

Issued

2020-01-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $2750.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1m) above a lower level, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(I) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, was not protected from falling to that lower level by use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirement of paragraph (g)(4) of this section:    JOBSITE: The employer did not ensure that the employee performing bricklaying task on the chimney from the platform of the fabricated frame scaffold was protected from the hazard of falling approximately 20 feet 2 inches to the ground by the use of guardrails, personal fall arrest system or other equivalent means.

Issued

2020-01-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-06 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 performs 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:  JOBSITE: The employer did not ensure that each employee performing bricklaying task on the chimney from the platform of the fabricated frame scaffold had received training to recognize the hazards and understand the procedures to control or minimize such hazards.

Issued

2020-01-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(5)(i): Non-self-supporting ladders were not used at an angle such that the horizontal distance from the top support to the foot of the ladder was approximately one-quarter of the working length of the ladder (the distance along the ladder between the foot and the top support).    JOBSITE: The horizontal distance from the top support to the foot of the following extension ladders was greater than one-fourth (1/4) of the working length of the ladder:    1. Werner 24-foot aluminum extension ladder.  2. Werner 40-foot aluminum extension ladder.  3. Werner 32-foot aluminum extension ladder.

Issued

2020-01-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize hazards related to ladders and stairways:  JOBSITE: The employer did not ensure that each employee performing tasks using the following ladders had received training to recognize hazards and the procedures to follow to minimize such hazards:  1. Werner 24-foot aluminum extension ladder. 2. Werner 40-foot aluminum extension ladder. 3. Werner 32-foot aluminum extension ladder.