OSHA Inspection: CARLOS SINCHI

Issued

Jun 13, 2023

Abate by

Aug 1, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $3,349

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)  a) The employer does not inform employees as to the location and availability of the written hazard communication program. This violation was most recently observed at 1348 Bainbridge St., Philadelphia, PA 19147 on or about December 13, 2022, where employees engaged in stucco activities were exposed to hazardous chemical such as, but not limited to calcium oxide silicate, limestone, silicic acid, etc. contained in Lehigh White Cement Portland Cement. To abate this ongoing violation, the employer must develop and implement a written hazard communication program to include providing employees safety data sheets and training employees with information such as the hazards of the chemicals used at the worksite.

Issued

Jun 13, 2023

Abate by

Aug 1, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $3,349

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs necessary to ensure compliance with the Occupational Safety and Health Standards.  A safety and health program with policy, hazard assessment, and site work rules was not developed and/or implemented at this job site.      a) The employer does not maintain an accident prevention program which includes information, but not limited to, the identification and control of hazards, training and education, and work safety rules and procedures, to enable employees exposed to fall hazards and hazardous chemicals to recognize and avoid unsafe conditions at the workplace. This violation was most recently observed at 1348 Bainbridge St., Philadelphia, PA 19147 on December 13, 2022, where employees were performing stucco activities. To abate this ongoing violation, the employer must create and implement a safety and health program and relate that program to employees.

Issued

Jun 13, 2023

Abate by

Jun 26, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $3,349

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.50(g):Where the eyes or body of any person may be exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body shall be provided within the work area for immediate emergency use.  a) The employer did not provide effective eyewash stations to protect workers in case of emergencies. This violation was observed at 1348 Bainbridge St., Philadelphia, PA 19147 on December 13, 2022, Employees conducting stucco activities with corrosive materials contained in Portland Cement mix were not provided with an effective eyewash facility with continuous water supply within the work area for immediate emergencies. To abate this ongoing violation, the employer must provide eyewash stations during stucco activities.  Reference: American national Standard for Emergency Eyewash and Shower Equipment (ANSI Standard Z358.1-2004)

Issued

Jun 13, 2023

Abate by

Jun 26, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $3,349

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, shall be protected by protective helmets.  a) The employer did not provide and require employees to wear protective helmets while conducting stucco activities from a supported tubular welded frame scaffold in areas where there are overhead hazards. This violation was most recently observed at 1348 Bainbridge St., Philadelphia, PA 19147 on or about December 13, 2022, where employees performing stucco activities on the ground level, 1st level and 2nd level of the scaffold were not provided and required to wear protective helmets to protect themselves from struck-by hazards from materials such as 5-gallon buckets filled with cement, and cement trowels utilized by employees located on the 1st and 2nd levels of the scaffold. To abate this ongoing violation, the employer must provide and require employees who are exposed to overhead hazards to wear protective helmets.

Issued

Jun 13, 2023

Abate by

Jun 26, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(h)(1):Each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects.  For falling objects too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected, the employer did not place and secure such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall.  a) The employer did not install additional protection on the supported tubular-welded frame scaffold to protect employees from falling objects, debris, equipment, or materials while conducting stucco activities. This violation was observed at 1348 Bainbridge St., Philadelphia, PA 19147 on December 13, 2022, where the scaffold was not provided with additional protection to protect employees from falling objects such as 5-gallon buckets filled with cement and cement trowels. To abate this ongoing violation, the employer must install falling object protection such as toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect falling objects when working from the scaffold.

Issued

Jun 13, 2023

Abate by

Jun 26, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,679 · Current $2,679

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee used appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles.  a) The employer did not ensure employees wore eye protection while conducting stucco activities using cement products. This violation was observed at 1348 Bainbridge St., Philadelphia, PA 19147 on December 13, 2022, where the employer did not require employees to utilize eyes protection to protect flying particles and cement products. To abate this ongoing violation, the employer must provide and ensure the use of eye protection.

Issued

Jun 13, 2023

Abate by

Jun 26, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $4,688

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(e)(1):When scaffold platforms are 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 shall be used. Crossbraces shall not be used as a means of access.  a) The employer does not ensure that a safe means of scaffold access and egress is available for every employee. This continuing violation was most recently observed at 1348 Bainbridge St., Philadelphia, PA 19147 on December 13, 2022, when employees performing stucco activities were climbing scaffold crossbracing to a working height in excess of approximately 19.5 feet, which did not have safe access. The employer's ongoing obligation is to ensure that all supported tubular welded frame scaffolding working levels are provided with a safe means of access and egress during use.

Issued

Jun 13, 2023

Abate by

Jun 26, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $3,349

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(f)(4): Any part of a scaffold damaged or weakened such that its strength is less than that required by paragraph (a) of this section shall be immediately repaired or replaced, braced to meet those provisions, or removed from service until repaired.  a) The employer does not ensure that the supported tubular welded frame scaffold on site is undamaged and structurally sound. This continuing violation was most recently observed at 1348 Bainbridge St., Philadelphia, PA 19147 on December 13, 2022, when employees performing stucco activities were utilizing a scaffold where three crossbraces were not connected to the scaffold frame maintaining four points of contact and were only partially secured to the scaffold frame. The employer's ongoing obligation is to ensure that all tubular welded frame scaffolding is fully constructed and safe for employees.

Issued

Jun 13, 2023

Abate by

Jun 26, 2023

Penalty

Initial $31,252 · Current $31,252

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(1):Supported scaffolds with a height to base width (including outrigger supports, if used) ratio of more than four to one (4:1) shall be restrained from tipping by guying, tying, bracing, or equivalent means, as follows.  a) The employer does not restrain the supported tubular welded frame scaffold from tipping by guying, tying, bracing or equivalent means. This violation was most recently observed at 1348 Bainbridge St., Philadelphia, PA 19147 on December 13, 2022, where employees were performing stucco activities from the 1st and 2nd levels of the scaffold that was not restrained from tipping by guying, tying, or bracing. The scaffold was approximately fifty-two (52) feet in height and approximately five (5) feet in width. To abate this ongoing violation, the employer must require the use of guying, tying, bracing, or equivalent means when the height to base ratio exceeds four to one (4:1) on supported scaffolds.

Issued

Jun 13, 2023

Abate by

Jun 26, 2023

Penalty

Initial $31,252 · Current $31,252

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1)(vii):For all scaffolds not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, each employee shall be protected by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.  a) The employer does not require employees to use any form of personal fall arrest systems or the use of guardrail systems while performing stucco activities from a supported tubular welded scaffold. This violation was observed at 1348 Bainbridge St., Philadelphia, PA 19147 on December 13, 2022, where employees performing work on the scaffold on multiple levels were not protected from fall hazards of approximately 19.5 feet by the use of a fall protection system. To abate this ongoing violation, the employer must provide and require the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems while employees are utilizing the working levels of the scaffold.