OSHA Inspection: LUIS CONTRERAS

Issued

Feb 7, 2022

Abate by

Mar 4, 2022

Penalty

Initial $1,865 · Current $1,865

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.100(a):  Employees exposed to possible head injury from falling or flying objects or from impact with hand tools, equipment and building materials during construction operations were not wearing hard hats:  a) At this jobsite, an employee was exposed to struck-by hazards while working on the ground and from the 1st buck of a scaffold while not wearing a hard hat.

Issued

Jan 24, 2022

Abate by

Feb 28, 2022

Penalty

Initial $1,865 · Current $1,865

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(e)(1):  The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met (Construction Reference: 1926.59):  a) At the jobsite, employees were exposed to eye and respiratory irritation hazards when the employer did not develop and implement a written hazard communication program. Employees use hazardous substances such as Texas Lehigh Masonry Cement, a corrosive.

Issued

Jan 24, 2022

Abate by

Feb 17, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(g)(1):  Employers did not have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use (Construction Reference:  1926.59):  a) At the jobsite, employees were exposed to eye and respiratory irritation and chemical burns when the employer did not keep a copy of the safety data sheets for the bricks and Texas Lehigh Masonry Cement, a corrosive.  Employees are exposed to crystalline silica when cutting brick.

Issued

Jan 24, 2022

Abate by

Feb 28, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(h)(1):  Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area (Construction Reference: 1926.59):  a) At the jobsite, employees were exposed to respiratory and eye irritation, and chemical burns when the employer did not instruct employees how to recognize and minimize those hazards.

Issued

Jan 24, 2022

Abate by

Feb 17, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(h)(2)(ii):  A toe board was not erected along the edge of platforms more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower levels for a distance sufficient to protect employees below:  a) At the jobsite, an employee was exposed to struck-by hazards from falling bricks and tools while working from the ground and first level of a tubular welded frame scaffold that did not have toe boards installed.

Issued

Jan 24, 2022

Abate by

Feb 17, 2022

Penalty

Initial $1,865 · Current $1,865

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.102(a)(1):  Employees did not use eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:  a) At the jobsite, an employee was exposed to eye irritation and chemical burns when he did not wear safety glasses while using Lehigh Type S masonry cement.

Issued

Jan 24, 2022

Abate by

Feb 17, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,108 · Current $3,108

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.405(g)(2)(iii):  Flexible cords were not used in continuous lengths without splice or tap:  a) At the jobsite, employees were exposed to electrical shock hazards while operating a Dewalt 120 volt, 15 amp, chop saw with a spliced extension cord.   b) At the jobsite, employees were exposed to electrical shock hazards while operating a 120 volt electric cement mixer with a spliced cord.

Issued

Jan 24, 2022

Abate by

Feb 17, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.405(g)(2)(iv):  Flexible cords were not connected to devices and fittings so that strain relief is provided to prevent pull from being directly transmitted to joints or terminal screws:  a) At the jobsite, an employee was exposed to electric shock hazards while operating a Dewalt 120 volt, 15 amp chop saw using a flexible electric cord with strain relief damage.   b) At the jobsite, an employee was exposed to electric shock hazards while operating  a 120 volt cement mixer using a flexible electric cord with strain relief damage.

Issued

Jan 24, 2022

Abate by

Feb 17, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.416(e)(1):  Worn or frayed electric cords or cables were used:  a) At the jobsite, an employee was exposed to electric shock hazards while operating a 120 volt, 15 amp, Dewalt chop saw using a flexible extension cord that was worn and frayed.

Issued

Jan 24, 2022

Abate by

Feb 17, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,108 · Current $3,108

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(2):  Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  a) At the jobsite, employees were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 14-feet and greater when they worked from a tubular welded frame scaffold that did not have scaffold legs and base plates installed.

Issued

Jan 24, 2022

Abate by

Feb 17, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,108 · Current $3,108

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(e)(1):  A means of access for scaffold platforms more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, such as 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 was not used:  a) At the jobsite, employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 7-feet to 14-feet when a ladder was not installed on the tubular welded frame scaffold.

Issued

Jan 24, 2022

Abate by

Feb 17, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,108 · Current $3,108

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:  a) At the jobsite, employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 14-feet and greater when they worked from a tubular welded frame scaffold that did not have guard and end rails installed.

Issued

Jan 24, 2022

Abate by

Feb 17, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  a)  At the jobsite, an employee was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 17-feet 5-inches and greater while working on the roof of a house without using fall protection.