OSHA Inspection: DAVID AYALA LOPEZ

Issued

2022-10-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-10-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1865.00 · Current $1119.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there is a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, was not protected by protective helmets.  On or about September 30, 2022, an employee was assisting a bricklayer by performing task such as cutting bricks, tossing cut bricks to the bricklayer above and transporting cement mix to the bricklayer. The employee did not use a hard hat while bricklaying work was performed directly above them, exposing the employee to the hazard of being struck-by falling debris, tools and materials.

Issued

2022-10-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-10-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1865.00 · Current $1119.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(2): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee used eye protection that provided side protection when there is a hazard from flying objects.  On or about September 30, 2022, an employee used a Milwaukee Chop Saw to cut bricks without wearing appropriate eye protection, exposing the employee to the hazard of being struck in the eye(s) by flying debris or projectiles.

Issued

2022-10-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-10-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2486.00 · Current $1492.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(a): Condition of tools. All hand and power tools and similar equipment, whether furnished by the employer or the employee, were not maintained in a safe condition.  On or about September 30, 2022, an employee operated a Milwaukee chop saw to cut bricks without a guard, exposing the employee construction hazards such as but not limited to; being struck by materials or lacerations from the exposed blade.

Issued

2022-10-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-10-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2486.00 · Current $1492.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(i): Each platform unit (e.g., scaffold plank, fabricated plank, fabricated deck, or fabricated platform) was not installed so that the space between adjacent units and the space between the platform and the uprights were no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, except where the employer can demonstrate that a wider space is necessary.  On or about September 30, 2022, an employee had been working from platforms on a scaffold where the planks were more than 1 inch wide, exposing the employee to a fall hazard of approximately 13 feet.

Issued

2022-10-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-10-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2486.00 · Current $1492.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vi): Each employee performing overhand bricklaying operations and/or related work from a supported scaffold was not protected from falling from all open sides and ends of the scaffold (except at the side next to the wall being laid) by the use of a personal fall arrest system or guardrail system (with minimum 200 pound toprail capacity).  On or about September 30, 2022, an employee had been performing overhead bricklaying operations on a supported scaffold without open sides and ends being protected, exposing the employee to the hazard of falling approximately 13 feet to the ground below.

Issued

2022-10-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-10-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  On or about September 19, 2022, employees accessed and egressed a supported scaffold by means of climbing the sides of the scaffold which did not contain an approved point of access, exposing the employee to the hazards of falling from a scaffold approximately 13 feet from the ground.