OSHA Inspection: SALVADOR MARTINEZ

Issued

Nov 24, 2021

Penalty

Initial $3,511 · Current $1,600 Reduced

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 was no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, except where the employer can demonstrate that a wider space is necessary (for example, to fit around uprights when side brackets are used to extend the width of the platform):  5034 Shallow Divot:  On or about August 4, 2021, an employee was exposed to a fall hazard while laying bricks from a scaffold platform with planks greater than 1 inch apart.

Issued

Nov 24, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(2)(i):The employer did not ensure that the scaffold footings rested on level, sound, rigid, surface, and be capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement:  a)  5034 Shallow Divot:  On or about August 4, 2021, an employee was exposed to a fall hazard while working from a scaffold that did not rest on a stable or level surface.

Issued

Nov 24, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms. Guardrail systems shall be installed before the scaffold is released for use by employees other than erection/dismantling crews:   5034 Shallow Divot:  On or about August 4, 2021, an employee was exposed to a fall hazard while working from a scaffold platform without a complete guardrail system installed.

Issued

Nov 24, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,341 · Current $0 Reduced

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 were not used:  5034 Shallow Divot:  On or about August 4, 2021, an employee was exposed to a fall hazard while working from a scaffold without a ladder for access.

Issued

Nov 24, 2021

Penalty

Initial $3,511 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered only under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration. Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person:   5034 Shallow Divot:  On or about August 4, 2021, an employee was exposed to a fall hazard, while laying bricks from a scaffold not erected under the supervision of a competent person.

Issued

Nov 24, 2021

Abate by

Dec 15, 2021

Penalty

Initial $3,511 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performs work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards:   5034 Shallow Divot:  On or about August 4, 2021, an employee was exposed to a fall hazard while applying bricks from a scaffold without having been trained in the hazards of a fall.