OSHA Inspection: ADALBERTO MONTOYA DELGADO

Issued

Aug 26, 2020

Penalty

Initial $1,475 · Current $1,475

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolding was not fully planked or decked.   On the south side of the construction site, employees working from a tubular welded frame scaffold that was not fully planked on all working levels were exposed to falling hazards.

Issued

Aug 26, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.   On the south side of the construction site, the employer did not provide a scaffold ladder where employees could access and egress the tubular welded frame scaffold safely, exposing them to fall hazards.

Issued

Aug 26, 2020

Penalty

Initial $1,966 · Current $1,966

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:   On the south side of the construction site, employees were observe working from the second tier tubular welded frame scaffold without a fall protective system while performing masonry work.  The employees were exposed to a fall hazard of 13 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Aug 26, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1): Each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects.  For falling objects too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected, the employer did not place and secure such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall.   On the south side of the construction site, employees working from a tubular welded frame scaffold without toe boards being installed were exposed to falling objects.

Issued

Aug 26, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed 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.   On the south side of the construction site, the employer did not provided training on the tubular welded frame scaffold to recognize and avoid fall hazards prior to installing masonry material from the two tier scaffold.