OSHA Inspection: ROMERO CONSTRUCTION

Issued

Sep 14, 2022

Abate by

Nov 1, 2022

Penalty

Initial $2,486 · Current $2,486

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.28(a):The employer did not require the wearing of appropriate personal protective equipment in all operations where there is an exposure to hazardous conditions.  On or about August 10, 2022,  at the construction site located in New Caney, Texas, an employee was washing the bricks of the exterior wall  of a commercial building with a corrosive chemical without wearing of appropriate personal protective equipment.

Issued

Sep 14, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,108 · Current $3,108

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(1):Platform(s) on all working levels of scaffolds, were not fully planked or decked  between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(iii)  On or about August 10, 2022, at the construction site located in New Caney, Texas, an employee was washing the bricks on the exterior wall from a scaffold without the working platform being fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports.

Issued

Sep 14, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(2):Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  On or about August 10, 2022,  at the construction site located in New Caney, Texas,  an employee was washing bricks while standing on a supported scaffold that had scaffold legs that did not bear on baseplates and mudsills or other adequate firm foundation.

Issued

Sep 14, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,108 · Current $3,108

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.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.  On or about August 10, 2022, on a construction site located in New Caney, Texas, an employee was using the cross bracing as a means of access to other levels of the scaffold.

Issued

Sep 14, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,108 · Current $3,108

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.   On or about August 10, 2022,  at a construction site located in New Caney, Texas,  an employee was washing bricks of a exterior commercial wall while standing on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level that was not protected  by a personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems.