OSHA Inspection: SANTOS MENDOZA STUCCO

Issued

Feb 12, 2021

Abate by

Mar 5, 2021

Penalty

Initial $1,755 · Current $1,053 Reduced

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) On or about December 11, 2020, near the front entrance of the building, employees used chemicals such as, but not limited to, Dryvit Stucco and Holcim Mortamix Masonry Cement (corrosive, sensitizer) to apply stucco to the exterior structure of the building without an established Hazard Communication Program.

Issued

Feb 12, 2021

Abate by

Mar 5, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,341 · Current $1,405 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:  a) On or about December 11, 2020, near the front entrance of the building, employees did not wear head protection while working directly underneath in-use scaffolding.

Issued

Feb 12, 2021

Abate by

Mar 5, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $4,096

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(f)(3):Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:  a) a)	On or about December 11, 2020, near the front entrance of the building, employees worked from a metal frame scaffold that was not inspected for visible defects by a competent person.

Issued

Feb 12, 2021

Abate by

Mar 5, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $0 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.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access:  a) On or about December 11, 2020, near the front entrance of the building, employees were observed utilizing cross braces to ascend/descend scaffolding, at least 12 feet above a concrete slab.

Issued

Feb 12, 2021

Abate by

Mar 5, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $0 Reduced

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:  a) On or about December 11, 2020, near the front entrance of the building, employees were not protected from fall hazards while applying stucco from a work platform of a metal frame scaffold approximately 12 feet above a concrete slab.

Issued

Feb 12, 2021

Abate by

Mar 5, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms before being released for use by employees other than erection/dismantling crews:  a) On or about December 11, 2020, near the front entrance of the building, employees were not protected from fall hazards while applying stucco from open-end scaffolding approximately 12 feet above a concrete slab.

Issued

Feb 12, 2021

Abate by

Mar 5, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $0 Reduced

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:  a) On or about December 11, 2020, near the front entrance of the building, employees worked from a metal framed scaffold without toeboards from a height of approximately 12 feet above a concrete slab.

Issued

Feb 12, 2021

Abate by

Mar 5, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,926 · Current $1,756 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:  a) On or about December 11, 2020, near the front entrance of the building, an employee worked from an elevated edge of a building approximately 14 feet above a concrete slab without the use of fall protection.