OSHA Inspection: NORBERTO TERRAZAS

Issued

2023-01-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1865.00 · Current $933.00 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 December 8, 2022, and times prior thereto, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while performing stucco installation from a scaffold that was not fully planked.

Issued

2023-01-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1865.00 · Current $933.00 Reduced

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.  Cross braces were used as a means of access.   On or about December 8, 2022, and times prior thereto, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while climbing the cross braces to access lower levels of the scaffolding.

Issued

2023-01-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2486.00 · Current $1243.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(e)(4)(i): A stairrail consisting of a toprail and a midrail was not provided on each side of each scaffold stairway:    On or about December 8, 2022, and times prior thereto, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while performing stucco installation from a scaffold without a top rail and midrail on the second tier.