LAKE CHARLES, LA —
OSHA Inspection: ALFONSO GARZA CONSTRUCTION
Planned inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of ALFONSO GARZA CONSTRUCTION in CORNER OF ELLIOT RD. AND COUNTRY CLUB RD., LAKE CHARLES, LA 70605 (NAICS 238140). OSHA activity number 344177035.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- ALFONSO GARZA CONSTRUCTION
- Site address
- CORNER OF ELLIOT RD. AND COUNTRY CLUB RD.
- City
- LAKE CHARLES
- State
- LA
- ZIP
- 70605
- Mailing
- 2543 N. PERKINS FERRY RD., MOSS BLUFF, LA 70611
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Planned (H)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 238140
- Employees
- 3
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
5 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.451 B05 II
- Issued
- Sep 18, 2019
- Abate by
- Sep 30, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $2,842 · Current $2,842
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii): The end of a platform greater than 10 feet in length extended over its support more than 18 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilivered end. a) On or about July 24, 2019, at corner of Elliot Rd. and Country Club Rd., Lake Charles, LA, the employer failed to ensure scaffold platforms employees worked from did not extend more than 18 inches over the supports.
Recent events (1)
- — Z (S) $2842
1926.451 C02
- Issued
- Sep 18, 2019
- Abate by
- Sep 30, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $9,472 · Current $9,472
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation: a) On or about July 24, 2019, at the corner of Elliot Rd. and Country Club Rd., Lake Charles, LA, the employer failed to ensure the scaffold employees were working from had base plates and mud sills installed to provide the required support.
Recent events (1)
- — Z (S) $9472
1926.451 F02
- Issued
- Sep 18, 2019
- Abate by
- Sep 30, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $2,842 · Current $2,842
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(f)(2): The use of shore or lean-to scaffolds was not prohibited: a) On or about July 24, 2019, at the corner of Elliot Rd. and Country Club Rd., Lake Charles, LA, the employer failed to ensure a scaffold employees were working from was properly constructed to not require wood beams for shoring.
Recent events (1)
- — Z (S) $2842
1926.451 E01
- Issued
- Sep 18, 2019
- Abate by
- Sep 30, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $2,842 · Current $2,842
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. a) On or about July 24, 2019, at the corner of Elliot Rd. and Country Club Rd., Lake Charles, LA, the employer failed to ensure a scaffold employees used for bricklaying had a ladder attached for access and egress.
Recent events (1)
- — Z (S) $2842
1926.451 G01 VI
- Issued
- Sep 18, 2019
- Abate by
- Sep 30, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $2,842 · Current $2,842
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) On or about July 24, 2019, at the corner of Elliot Rd. and Country Club Rd., Lake Charles, LA, the employer failed to ensure employees performing bricklaying from a scaffold were protected by a complete guardrail system.
Recent events (1)
- — Z (S) $2842
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 344177035.
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