OSHA Inspection: JUAN MARTIN SIERRA

Issued

2022-03-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-04-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4144.00 · Current $4144.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.250(b)(5):Materials in excess of supplies needed for immediate operations were stored on scaffold(s) or runway(s).   On or about February 10, 2022, the employer stored masonry bricks on tier 4, 5, and 6 of the tubular welded frame scaffold for three (3) days causing the scaffold to be unstable with weight sinking base plates/mud seals into the ground.  The scaffold collapsed onto the ground exposing employees to struck-by hazards.

Issued

2022-03-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-04-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(a)(1): Each scaffold and/or scaffold component was not capable of supporting, without failure, its own weight and at least 4 times the maximum intended load applied or transmitted to it.    On or about February 10, 2022, attempting to adjust an unlevel tubular welded frame scaffold with masonry bricks loaded on tiers 4, 5, and 6 working levels and with single tied and loosened guying wires, employees lifted the scaffold system with a forklift exposing employees to a scaffold collapse and struck-by hazards.

Issued

2022-03-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-04-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4144.00 · Current $4144.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(1): Supported scaffolds with a height to base width (including outrigger supports, if used) ratio of more than four to one (4:1) were not restrained from tipping by guying, tying, bracing, or equivalent means, as set forth in subparagraphs (i) - (iii) of this paragraph.   On or about February 10, 2022, where employees worked from 7 tier scaffold systems performing masonry work and also attempting to level a scaffold after it sank into the ground without properly installed guying tieback wires to support the scaffold systems from tipping or collapsing exposed the employees to struck-by hazards.

Issued

2022-03-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-04-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $465.00 · Current $465.00

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:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.    On or about February 10, 2022, where employees lifted/moved the tubular welded frame scaffold using a JLG forklift without direction of the competent person before moving the scaffold exposing employees to struck-by hazards.