OSHA Inspection: MAXIMINO MENDOZA-RIVERA

Issued

2020-08-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2313.00 · Current $2313.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Scaffold platforms and walkways were not at least 18 inches wide.   On the east side of the construction site, employees engaged in cornice work on a residential home from single pole scaffold, worked from a platform not 18 inches wide.  The employees were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 10 feet to the ground below.

Issued

2020-08-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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.   On the east side of the construction site, employees work from a pole scaffold without fall protection system while installing cornice material on the exterior of a residential home.  The employees were exposed to a fall hazards of approximately 10 feet to the ground below.

Issued

2020-08-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(a)(4): Diagonal bracing in both directions were not installed across the entire outside face of all double- and single-pole scaffolds.   On the east side of the construction site, employees working from a pole scaffold without cross bracing installed was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 10 feet to the ground below.

Issued

2020-08-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1735.00 · Current $1735.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed.     On the east side of the construction site, employee used a ladder to access and egress working/walking platform that did not extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface were exposed to potential fall hazard.