OSHA Inspection: DIAMANTE CONCRETE, INC.

Issued

Sep 3, 2021

Abate by

Sep 16, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,574 · Current $2,574

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(7): On scaffolds where platforms were overlapped to create a long platform, the overlap did not occur only over supports, and/or was less than 12 inches (30 cm) when the platforms were not nailed together or otherwise restrained to prevent movement.  a) On or about 03/09/2021, at River Garden townhouses at 534 NW 22 Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33311, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while loading concrete blocks on scaffolds where the overlap in platform planks was less than 12-inches.  b) On or about  03/12/2021, at River Garden townhouses at 534 NW 22 Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33311, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while loading concrete blocks on scaffolds where the overlap in platform planks was less than 12-inches.

Issued

Sep 3, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,574 · Current $2,574

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(2)(ii): Unstable objects were used to support scaffolds or platform units:  On or about 03/09/2021, at River Garden townhouses at 534 NW 22 Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33311, an employee was exposed to a fall hazard while standing on a concrete block that was placed on a scaffold.

Issued

Sep 3, 2021

Abate by

Sep 10, 2021

Penalty

Initial $21,457 · Current $21,457

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(13):Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):  a) On or about 03/09/2021, at River Garden townhouses at 534 NW 22 Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33311, employer did not provide a means of fall protection for employees installing concrete blocks on the second level of a residential structure exposing them to a fall hazard of approximately 12-feet to the lower level.    b) On or about 03/12/2021, at River Garden townhouses at 534 NW 22 Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33311, employer did not provide a means of fall protection for employees installing concrete blocks on the second level of a residential structure exposing them to a fall hazard of approximately 12-feet to the lower level.    Diamante Concrete Inc. was previously cited for a Repeat violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.501 (b)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1344402,  citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on 11/29/2018, with respect to a workplace located at 2980 North Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33306.