OSHA Inspection: CASTILLON CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Sep 28, 2022

Abate by

Oct 25, 2022

Penalty

Initial $2,486 · Current $2,486

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.21(b)(2):The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:   La Marquesa Apartments: On or about July 7, 2022, a worker without a fall restraint system was exposed to a fall hazard while installing soffit from the basket of a Genie S-85 telescopic boom lift without fall hazard recognition.

Issued

Sep 28, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,351 · Current $4,351

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(7): On scaffolds where platforms were overlapped to create a long platform, the overlap did not occur only over supports, and/or was less than 12 inches (30 cm) when the platforms were not nailed together or otherwise restrained to prevent movement:  La Marquesa Apartments: On or about July 7, 2022, and at times prior thereto, workers were exposed to a fall hazard over 10 feet to the ground below while working from a scaffold that had a platform extension that was not supported.

Issued

Sep 28, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(2)(i): Footings were not level, sound, rigid, and capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement:  La Marquesa Apartments: On or about July 7, 2022, and at times prior thereto, workers were exposed to a fall hazard over 10 feet to the ground below while working from a scaffold that had footings that were not supported by nails.

Issued

Sep 28, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  La Marquesa Apartments: On or about July 7, 2022, and at times prior thereto, a  worker was exposed to a fall hazard over 10 feet to the ground below while working from a scaffold that had not been erected without a point of access such as a ladder.

Issued

Sep 28, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:  La Marquesa Apartments: On or about July 7, 2022, and at times prior thereto, workers were exposed to a fall hazard over 10 feet while working from a scaffold that did not have guardrails installed.

Issued

Sep 28, 2022

Abate by

Nov 16, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,351 · Current $4,351

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:  La Marquesa Apartments: On or about July 7, 2022, and at times prior thereto, workers were exposed to a fall hazard over 10 feet to the ground below while working on a scaffold that had not been erected under the supervision of a competent person.

Issued

Sep 28, 2022

Penalty

Initial $2,486 · Current $2,486

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.453(b)(2)(v):A body belt was not worn and/or a lanyard was not attached to the boom or basket when working from an aerial lift: Note:  As of January 1, 1998, subpart M of this part (1926.502(d)) provides that body belts are not acceptable as part of a personal fall arrest system.  The use of a body belt in a tethering system or in a restraint system is acceptable and is regulated.  La Marquesa Apartments: On or about July 7, 2022, a worker was exposed to a fall hazard to the ground level below while installing soffit from the basket of a Genie S-85 telescopic boom lift without using personal fall arrest system.