OSHA Inspection: JOSE RIVERA

Issued

Feb 2, 2021

Abate by

Feb 8, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,926 · Current $2,926

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(1):Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):  On or about January 19, 2021, on the west side of a building being constructed, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while working on a scaffold without the working level being fully planked or decked.

Issued

Feb 2, 2021

Abate by

Feb 8, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,926 · Current $2,926

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.   On or about January 19, 2021, on the south side of a building being constructed, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while using the braces to access the scaffold platform.

Issued

Feb 2, 2021

Abate by

Feb 8, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,926 · Current $2,926

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 or about January 19, 2021, on the west and south side of a construction site where employees were exposed to a fall hazard of more than ten feet when working on the second platform level of a scaffold without guardrails on the ends of the scaffold.

Issued

Feb 2, 2021

Abate by

Feb 8, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,926 · Current $2,926

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.452(c)(2):Tubular welded frames and panels were not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which would have secured vertical members together laterally:  On or about January 19, 2021, on the west and south side of a building being constructed where employees were exposed to a fall hazard when working on a scaffold with missing cross braces.