OSHA Inspection: DON CARMELO GENERAL CONSTRUCTION

Issued

2020-08-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4048.00 · Current $4048.00

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) Exterior, On the ground: Employees were exposed to head injuries while walking underneath of a pump jack scaffold without the use hard hats or protective helmet, on or about 6/30/20.

Issued

2020-08-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2313.00 · Current $2313.00

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: Employees were exposed to eye/face injuries while installing siding with a hammer, and without the use of eye/face protection, on or about 6/20/30.    b) Exterior ground level: Employees were exposed to eye/face injuries while discarding garbage without the use of eye/face protection, on or about 6/20/30.

Issued

2020-08-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4048.00 · Current $4048.00

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 cantilevered end.  a) Building Exterior: Employees were exposed to a 15 foot fall hazard while engaged in siding activities from a pump jack scaffold that was 24 feet long.. The end of the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform was able to support employees without tipping, the pump jack scaffold had an 3 foot overhang over the support, on or about 6/30/20.

Issued

2020-08-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4048.00 · Current $4048.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.  a) Building Exterior : Employees were exposed to a 15 foot fall while engaged in siding activities from a pump Jack scaffold, without utilizing end rails or personal fall arrest system, on or about 6/30/20.

Issued

2020-08-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3470.00 · Current $3470.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2): Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary.  Building Exterior: Employees were working on a pump jack scaffold that was not secured at the bottom by rigid triangular or equivalent braces, on or about 6/30/20.