OSHA Inspection: CUELLAR CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

Mar 16, 2020

Abate by

Apr 7, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,313 · Current $2,313

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:  a) Job site: On or about September 22, 2019, employees worked with hazardous chemicals such as Portland cement-containing Holcim Mortamix Masonry Cement Type N, without a written hazard communications program.

Issued

Mar 16, 2020

Abate by

Apr 7, 2020

Penalty

Initial $1,735 · Current $1,735

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:  a) Under the frame scaffold: On or about September 18, 2019, employees unloaded materials from a wheelbarrow to the scaffold without appropriate personal protective equipment, such as protective helmets, where another contractor worked above them.

Issued

Mar 16, 2020

Abate by

Apr 7, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,313 · Current $2,313

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(f)(6): The path to ground from circuits, equipment, or enclosures was not permanent and continuous:  a) Back of the building: On or about September 22, 2019, employees used portable tools such as a DeWalt D28715 chop saw, S/N 894792, with an extension cord to supply power that did not maintain a continuous path to ground.

Issued

Mar 16, 2020

Abate by

Apr 7, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,892 · Current $2,892

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) Back of the building: On or about September 22, 2019, employees performed masonry work from the second and third working levels of the scaffold that were not fully planked or decked.

Issued

Mar 16, 2020

Abate by

Apr 7, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,313 · Current $2,313

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 were not used. Crossbraces were used as a means of access:  a) Back of the building: On or about September 22, 2019, employees climbed the scaffold frame and crossbraces of the scaffold where a ladder or equivalent means for access and egress was not provided.

Issued

Mar 16, 2020

Abate by

Apr 7, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,892 · Current $2,892

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) Back of the building: On or about September 22, 2019, employees performed masonry work from the second and third tiers of the scaffold without personal fall arrest systems or an adequate guardrail system.

Issued

Mar 16, 2020

Abate by

Apr 7, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a)(1): The employer failed to have each employee who performs work while on a scaffold trained regarding the nature of any electrical hazards, fall hazards and falling object hazards in the work area.  a) Back of the building: On or about September 22, 2019, employees unloaded materials under the scaffold and performed masonry work from the scaffold without the benefit of employer provided training.