OSHA Inspection: OSWALDO HELLELA

Issued

Oct 11, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,351 · Current $3,046 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(f)(6): Scaffolds were erected, used, dismantled, altered, or moved such that they, or any conductive material handled on them, could have come closer than the minimum distances established for specific voltages as set forth in the table in subparagraph (f)(6):  (a) Worksite:  On or about 9/2/2022, employees were exposed to electrical hazards while working from a pump-jack scaffold that was erected and used approximately 2 feet away from a residential power line.

Issued

Oct 11, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  (a) Worksite:  On or about 9/2/2022, employees were exposed to fall and electrical hazards while working from a pump-jack scaffold that was not erected by a trained or experienced employee under the supervision and direction of a competent person.

Issued

Oct 11, 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:  (a) Worksite: On or about 9/2/2022, two employees were exposed to fall hazards while working approximately 22 feet above the lower level on a pump jack scaffold system without adequate fall protection.

Issued

Oct 11, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,108 · Current $2,176 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.452(j)(2): Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary.   (a) Worksite: On or about 9/2/2022, two employees were exposed to fall hazards while working from a pump jack scaffold approximately 22 feet above the lower level, without bottom bracing in place.

Issued

Oct 11, 2022

Abate by

Nov 28, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,108 · Current $700 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards:  (a) Worksite: On or about 9/2/2022, employees were exposed to fall hazards while working from a pump jack scaffold without adequate training to recognize the hazards associated with pump-jacks, to include missing bottom bracing, no fall protection, and the scaffold being erected approximately 2 feet from a power line.