OSHA Inspection: ALVARADO STONE LLC

Issued

2022-03-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-03-31 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 2/10/2022 at the jobsite, employees were not wearing hard hats while installing cultured stone overhead from a multi-level scaffold.

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  1926.404(a)(2):A grounded conductor was attached to a terminal or lead so as to reverse designated polarity:  At the jobsite, employees using tools and equipment receiving power from extension cords were exposed to electrical shock hazards in the following instances:  a) Extension cord #1 (orange with a black male connector) plugged in upside down;  b) Extension cord #2 (orange with a orange male connector) plugged in upside down.

Issued

2022-03-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.404(f)(6): The path to ground from circuits, equipment, or enclosures was not permanent and continuous:   At the jobsite, employees using tools and equipment receiving power from extension cords were exposed to electric shock in that the ground pins were missing in the following instances:  a) Extension cord #1 (orange with a black male connector)   b) Extension cord #2 (orange with a orange male connector)

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 2/10/2022, at the jobsite on the south and east corners of the structure, employees were observed climbing the frames of the scaffold to access and egress from the second and third platform levels, measured to be approximately 14 and 20 feet, respectively, 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

2022-04-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(e)(6)(i): Integral prefabricated scaffold access frames were not specifically designed or constructed for use as ladder rungs:   On or about 2/10/2022, at the jobsite on the south and east corners of the structure, employees were observed climbing the frames of the scaffold to access and egress from the second and third platform levels, measured to be approximately 14 and 20 feet, respectively, 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 2/10/2022, at the jobsite on the south and east corners of the structure,  employees working from the scaffold system were exposed to the hazard of falling from the scaffolds in the following instances:  a-g) third level, 7 unguarded platforms;  h-j) second level, east side, 3 platforms--no midrails;  k-l) second level, east side, 2 end frames--no guarding;  m-o) second level, south side, 3 platforms--no midrails;  p) second level, west end of south side--no guarding;  q) second level, south side, west end crossover platform--no guarding.