OSHA Inspection: JOSE ARTURO PINEDA

Issued

Oct 18, 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 September 16, 2021,�employees�were exposed�to a�fall hazard�while working�on a�scaffold to frame a building without�the platforms being fully planked.

Issued

Oct 18, 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 September 16, 2021, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while using the end frame of a walkthrough scaffold to access the platform levels.

Issued

Oct 18, 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 September 16, 2021, employees were exposed to a fall hazard of more than ten feet when working on the second platform level of a scaffold without guardrails or a personal fall arrest system.

Issued

Oct 18, 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 September 16, 2021, employees were exposed to a fall hazard when working on a scaffold with missing braces.