OSHA Inspection: LOPEZ CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

2022-03-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-03-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1865.00 · Current $890.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.100(a):  Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:  On or about October 18, 2021, at the job site, the employer did not ensure that employees were in use of a protective helmet while working from a mobile scaffold and lower levels in the areas where other employees were working from above.  This exposed the employees to a struck-by hazard.

Issued

2022-03-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-03-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4351.00 · Current $2170.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level.  On or about October 18, 2021, at the jobsite, the employer did not ensure that an employee working from the guardrail of the personnel basket was in use of fall protection.  This exposed the employee to a fall hazard greater than ten (10) feet to the ground below.

Issued

2022-03-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-03-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(2)(v):  The employer used forklifts  to support scaffold platforms without ensuring that the entire platform was attached to the fork and that the forklift was not moved horizontally while the platform was occupied:  On or about October 18, 2021, the employer did not ensure that the personnel lift platform was secured to the forks of the forklift truck to prevent displacement.  This exposed the employees to fall hazards.

Issued

2022-03-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-03-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4351.00 · Current $2170.00 Reduced

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):   On or about October 18, 2021, at the jobsite the employer did not ensure employees, performing residential construction work activities, were in use of fall protection.   This exposed the employees to fall hazards greater than six(6) feet to the ground below including, but not limited to the following instances:  a.	An employee was working from the top-plate of the two-story residential building.  b.	An employee was working from the edge of an unprotected side of a single story residential building.

Issued

2022-03-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-03-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4351.00 · Current $2170.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.602(c)(1)(vi):  Industrial truck(s) in use did not meet the applicable requirements of design, construction, stability, inspection, testing, maintenance, and operation, as defined in American National Standards Institute B56.1-1969, Safety Standards for Powered Industrial Trucks:  On or about October 18, 2021, the employer did not ensure a personnel lift platform was being used according to the manufacturer and American National Standards Institute B56.1-1969.  The platform extended more than two time over the center load of the powered industrial truck and this exposed the employees being lifted to upper levels of the building to a fall hazard.