OSHA Inspection: MIGUEL ANGEL REYES

Issued

Oct 4, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,341 · Current $2,341

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(1)(i): Each platform unit (e.g., scaffold plank, fabricated plank, fabricated deck, or fabricated platform) was not installed so that the space between adjacent units and the space between the platform and the uprights were no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, except where the employer can demonstrate that a wider space is necessary.    On or about June 8, 2021, in front of a residential dwelling under construction, an employee was conducting framing operations  from a wooden scaffold. Employee was working  on  the scaffold  where the space between the two planks was more than 1 inch , the employee was exposed to a fall hazard approximately 9 feet to the ground.

Issued

Oct 4, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(2): Scaffold platforms and walkways were not at least 18 inches wide:    On or about June 8, 2021, in front of a residential dwelling under construction, an employee was conducting framing operations  from a wooden scaffold. Employee was working in the  scaffold where the platform was not at least 18 inches wide  , the employee was exposed to a fall hazard approximately 9 feet to the ground.

Issued

Oct 4, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights shall bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation.   On or about June 8, 2021, in front of a residential dwelling under construction, an employee was conducting framing operations  from a wooden scaffold without base plates.  The employee was exposed to a fall hazard approximately 9 feet to the ground.

Issued

Oct 4, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms are 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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface shall be used. Crossbraces shall not be used as a means of access.    On or about June 8, 2021, in front of a residential dwelling under construction, an employee was conducting framing operations from a wooden scaffold. Employees did not have a ladder or other safe means to gain access to the scaffold platform, the employee was exposed to a fall hazard approximately 9 feet to the ground.

Issued

Oct 4, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,341 · Current $2,341

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 or about June 8, 2021, at this work site, employees conducting framing operations at this one story residential new structure. Employee gained access to the roof and the scaffold, using a portable ladder with the side rails "not" extended 3 feet above the landing surface.  The employee was exposed to a fall hazard approximately 9 feet to the ground.