OSHA Inspection: CERVANTES CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

2023-02-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-02-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6250.00 · Current $3750.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(13):Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):   a) For the construction site at 4345 Founders Club Drive, Sarasota, FL 34240, on or about 09/22/2022, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards of approximately 16 feet, in that, no fall protection was used while working off of concrete forms.

Issued

2023-02-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-02-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5358.00 · Current $3215.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.701(b):All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and/or into which employees could fall, was not guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement:  a) For the construction site at 4345 Founders Club Drive, Sarasota, FL 34240, on or about 09/23/2022, the employer exposed employees to laceration and impalement hazards, in that, protruding rebar on concrete formwork was not guarded from falling into.

Issued

2023-02-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-02-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6250.00 · Current $3750.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.703(b)(5): The sills for shoring were not sound, rigid, and capable of carrying the maximum intended load:  a) For the construction site at 4345 Founders Club Dr., Sarasota, FL 34240, on or about 09/22/2022, the employer exposed employees to fall and struck-by hazards while they were working off of concrete form work at heights of approximately 16 feet, in that, the sills/footing on which the formwork rested was not sound. Rather it consisted of multiple concrete blocks and different sized pieces of wood stacked up in an unstable manner.

Issued

2023-02-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-02-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6250.00 · Current $3750.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(1):Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:  a) For the construction site at 4345 Founders Club Dr., Sarasota, FL 34240, as observed on or about 09/22/2022, the employer exposed employee to fall hazards of up to 16 feet, in that, extension ladders used to gain access to upper concrete form work extended less than a foot above the upper level being accessed.

Issued

2023-02-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-02-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.503(b)(1): The employer did not verify compliance with paragraph (a) of this section by preparing a written (training) certification record including the name or other identity of the employee trained, the date(s) of the training, and the signature of the person who conducted the training or the signature of the employer.   a) For the construction site at 4345 Founders Club Drive, Sarasota, FL 34240, on or about 09/22/2022, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards of approximately 16 feet, in that, no fall protection was used while working off of concrete forms. A certification record was not available and provided.