OSHA Inspection: ALVARADO STONE LLC

Issued

2022-03-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4351.00 · Current $4351.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.25(a):  During the course of construction, alteration, or repairs,  debris was not kept cleared from work areas, passageways, and stairs, in and around buildings or other structures:  On or about 1/14/2022,  at the jobsite, three employees were  installing cultured stone from a multi-level scaffold.  Debris was located on the ground below the scaffolding.

Issued

2022-03-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-04-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3108.00 · Current $3108.00

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 1/14/2022, at the jobsite, three employees were observed installing cultured stone from a multi-level scaffold without wearing hard hats.

Issued

2022-03-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4351.00 · Current $4351.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(5)(i): The end of a platform 10 feet or less in length extended over its support more than 12 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees and/or materials without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end:   On or about 1/14/2022, at the jobsite on the southeast corner of the structure on the second and third level platforms of the south end:  The scaffold boards extended approximately 2 feet and 6 feet beyond the frame supports and the end frames were not equipped with guarding to prevent an employee from walking out on the cantilevered end, exposing them to the hazard of falling from the scaffold.

Issued

2022-03-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-04-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:   On or about 1/14/2022, at the jobsite on the south side , west side and east side of the southeast corner of the structure, employees were exposed to the hazard of falling  while climbing the frames and braces to access the platforms that were approximately 14.5 feet above the ground and while working from platforms that were not guarded or only partially guarded in the following instances: a & b) west side, two platforms no midrails;  c & d) east side, two platforms no midrails;  e & f)  south side, center two platforms no midrails;  g) south side, east end, one platform no guarding;  h) east side, south end frame no guarding; and  i) west side, south end frame no guarding.

Issued

2022-03-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-04-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question.   On or about 1/14/2022, at the jobsite on the south side, west side and east side of the southeast corner of the structure, employees working from the second level scaffold platforms that were not guarded or were only partially guarded were exposed to the hazard of falling from the platforms to the ground approximately 14.5 feet below in the following instances: a & b) west side, two platforms no midrails;  c & d) east side, two platforms no midrails;  e & f)  south side, center two platforms no midrails;  g) south side, east end, one platform no guarding;  h) east side, south end frame no guarding; and  i) west side, south end frame no guarding.

Issued

2022-03-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4351.00 · Current $4351.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(1)(ii): Guys, ties, and/or braces were not installed  according to the scaffold manufacturer's recommendations or at the closest horizontal member to the 4:1 height and repeated vertically at locations of horizontal members every 20 feet (56.1 m) or less thereafter for scaffolds 3 feet ((0.91 m) wide or less, and every 26 feet (7.9 m) or less thereafter for scaffolds greater than 3 feet (0.91m) wide:   On or about 1/14/2022, at the jobsite on the south side, west side and east side of the southeast corner of the structure where the three-foot wide (nominal) scaffolds were not braced or tied to the structure at 12 feet.  The employees were working from the second level platform at a height of approximately 14.5 feet scaffold and were exposed to the hazard of falling from the scaffold.

Issued

2022-03-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-04-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4351.00 · Current $4351.00

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.  Cross braces were used as a means of access:  On or about 1/14/2022, at the jobsite on the south side and east side of the southeast corner of the structure, employees were observed climbing the cross braces and frames of the scaffold to access and egress from the second platform level, measured to be approximately 14.5 feet above the ground, a practice that exposed them to the hazard of falling from the scaffold to the ground.

Issued

2022-03-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4351.00 · Current $4351.00

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 1/14/2022, at the jobsite on the south side, west side and east side of the southeast corner of the structure, employees working from the second level scaffold platforms that were not guarded or were only partially guarded were exposed to the hazard of falling from the platforms to the ground approximately 14.5 feet below in the following instances:  a & b) west side, two platforms no midrails;  c & d) east side, two platforms no midrails;  e & f)  south side, center two platforms no midrails;  g) south side, east end, one platform no guarding;  h) east side, south end frame no guarding; and  i) west side, south end frame no guarding.