OSHA Inspection: ALEJANDRO TORRES TORRES

Issued

Feb 19, 2021

Penalty

Initial $1,990 · Current $1,194 Reduced

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, work from a platform not 18 inches wide.  The employees were expose to potential fall hazard of approximately 12 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Feb 19, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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, an employee work from a pole scaffold without fall protection systems while installing cornice material on the exterior of a residential home.  The employee was expose to a fall hazards of approximately 12 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Feb 19, 2021

Penalty

Initial $1,492 · Current $895 Reduced

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, an employee working from a pole scaffold without cross bracing installed was expose to a fall hazard of approximately 12 feet to the ground below.