OSHA Inspection: MARIO A. CASTRO

Issued

2020-04-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-05-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1735.00 · Current $1100.00 Reduced

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:    2859 Tortuga Verde: On or about February 13, 2020, and at times prior thereto, an employee was exposed to a struck-by hazard while shoveling a mortar mixture overhead without wearing personal protective equipment such as, but not limited to, head protection as overhead masonry work was being performed.

Issued

2020-04-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-05-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2313.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Platform(s) on all working levels of scaffolds, were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and guardrail supports such that the space between adjacent units, and the space between the platform and the uprights is not sufficient:    2859 Tortuga Verde: On or about February 13, 2020, and at times prior thereto, workers were exposed to a fall hazard to the ground below while working from a scaffold, which was not fully planked.

Issued

2020-04-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-05-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Except as provided in paragraphs (b)(2)(i) and (b)(2)(ii) of this section, each scaffold platform and/or walkway was not at least 18 inches (46 cm) wide:  5111 Papalote Garden: On or about February 13, 2020, and at times prior thereto, workers were exposed to a fall hazard to the ground below while performing masonry work from wooden planks that were not at least 18 inches wide.

Issued

2020-04-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-05-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2313.00 · Current $1300.00 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. Cross braces were used as a means of access:    2859 Tortuga Verde: On or about February 13, 2020, and at times prior thereto, workers were exposed to a fall hazard while climbing the scaffold end frames and cross braces to access the upper tiers of the scaffold to perform masonry work.

Issued

2020-04-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-05-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3470.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

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:    2859 Tortuga Verde: On or about February 13, 2020, and at times prior thereto, workers were exposed to a fall hazard, of more than 10 feet while installing brick from a scaffold without a fall protection system in place.

Issued

2020-04-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-05-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3470.00 · Current $1800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): Frames and panels were not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which would secure vertical members together laterally, and the cross braces were not of such length as would automatically square:    2859 Tortuga Verde: On or about February 13, 2020, and at times thereto, workers were exposed to a fall hazard while performing masonry work from a scaffold with cross bracing connections that were not connected or secured.