HUNTSVILLE, TX —
OSHA Inspection: GERARDO RANGEL
Federal Agency inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a federal Agency safety inspection of GERARDO RANGEL in 243 BRAHMAN LANE, HUNTSVILLE, TX 77340 (NAICS 238140). OSHA activity number 345971717.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- GERARDO RANGEL
- Site address
- 243 BRAHMAN LANE
- City
- HUNTSVILLE
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 77340
- Mailing
- 108 PINE STREET, CONROE, TX 77301
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Federal Agency (M)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 238140
- Employees
- 4
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
6 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.451 B01
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2022
- Penalty
- Initial $4,351 · Current $3,481 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds shall be fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports. On or about May 19, 2022, employees were conducting masonry activities from an outrigger platform and scaffold work platforms on a tubular welded frame scaffold without the working level being fully planked.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $3480.8
- — Z (S) $4351
1926.451 C02
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2022
- Penalty
- Initial $4,351 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights shall bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation. On or about May 19, 2022, employees were conducting masonry activities from a tubular welded frame scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level without base plates installed.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $4351
1926.452 C02
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2022
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): Frames and panels shall be braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which secure vertical members together laterally. The cross braces shall be of such length as will automatically square and align vertical members so that the erected scaffold is always plumb, level, and square. All brace connections shall be secured. On or about May 19, 2022, employees were conducting masonry activities from a tubular welded frame scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level with missing cross braces.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1926.451 E01
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2022
- Penalty
- Initial $4,351 · Current $3,481 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms are 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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface shall be used. Crossbraces shall not be used as a means of access. On or about May 19, 2022, employees were conducting masonry activities from a tubular welded scaffold and did not have proper access to the top working level.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $3480.8
- — Z (S) $4351
1926.451 G01
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2022
- Penalty
- Initial $4,351 · Current $3,481 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level shall be protected from falling to that lower level. On or about May 19, 2022, employees were conducting masonry activities from a tubular welded frame scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level without any fall protection system.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $3480.8
- — Z (S) $4351
1926.451 G04 I
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2022
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i):Guardrail systems shall be installed along all open sides and ends of platforms. Guardrail systems shall be installed before the scaffold is released for use by employees other than erection/dismantling crews. On or about May 19, 2022, employees were conducting masonry activities from a tubular welded frame scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level without a guardrail system installed on all open sides and ends of platforms to protect employees from falls.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 345971717.
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