OSHA Inspection: CARLOS ERNESTO PREDOSA

Issued

2023-01-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3108.00 · Current $3108.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(1):Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports.  On or about December 12,  2022, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while working from a scaffold which was not fully planked.

Issued

2023-01-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3108.00 · Current $3108.00

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 other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.  On or about December 12, 2022,  employees were exposed to a fall hazard while climbing the frames of a scaffold without having adequate access.

Issued

2023-01-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3108.00 · Current $3108.00

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 December 12, 2022, employees were exposed to a fall hazard of more than 10 feet while doing masonry work from a scaffold without a fall protection system in place.

Issued

2023-01-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.452(c)(2):Tubular welded frames and panels were not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which would have secured vertical members together laterally:  On or about December 12, 2022, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while working on a scaffold without all the scaffold frames being braced.