OSHA Inspection: JOSE LUIS AGUIRRE

Issued

Jan 25, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,009 · Current $2,009

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns.  On or about January 05, 2023, on the south side of a residential construction site located on 8819 Drydale River Rd. in Cypress, TX, an employee was exposed to a struck-by hazard from falling bricks and tools while working under a scaffold without out a protective helmet.

Issued

Jan 25, 2023

Abate by

Feb 13, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $3,349

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 as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii).  On or about January 05, 2023, on the south side of a residential construction site located on 8819 Drydale River Rd. in Cypress, TX, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while performing masonry work more than 10 feet high from a scaffold that was not fully planked.

Issued

Jan 25, 2023

Abate by

Feb 13, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 January 05, 2023, on the south side of a residential construction site located on 8819 Drydale River Rd. in Cypress, TX, employees were exposed to a fall hazard exceeding ten feet while performing masonry work from a scaffold without a fall protection system.

Issued

Jan 25, 2023

Abate by

Feb 13, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $3,349

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 January 05, 2023, on the south side of a residential construction site located on 8819 Drydale River Rd. in Cypress, TX, two employees were exposed to a fall hazard while working from a fabricated frame scaffolding without an access ladder or other safe means of access.