OSHA Inspection: RAMIREZ MASONRY

Issued

Feb 24, 2023

Abate by

Mar 24, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,009 · Current $2,009

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.300(b)(4)(ii): The point of operation of machine(s) whose operation exposed an employee to injury was not guarded:   On or about January 9, 2023, and at times prior thereto, at the residential construction site, an employee was operating a hand-held chop saw without the retractable lower guard exposing employees to struck-by and caught-in hazards.

Issued

Feb 24, 2023

Abate by

Mar 24, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $4,688

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 9, 2023, and at times prior thereto, at the residential construction site, the employer did not ensure that the scaffold system was fully planked on all working levels:  a. An employee was exposed to trip and fall hazards at approximately 20-feet above the ground while performing masonry work on the third level of the scaffold.  b. An employee was exposed to trip and fall hazards at approximately 14-feet above the ground while performing masonry work on the second level of the scaffold.

Issued

Feb 24, 2023

Abate by

Mar 24, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $3,349

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:   On or about January 9, 2023, and at times prior thereto, at the residential construction site, the employer did not ensure that the scaffold system was supported with the base plates and mud sills while employees were engaged in masonry activities on the second and third level of the scaffold, exposing employees to fall hazards at 20-feet above the ground.

Issued

Feb 24, 2023

Abate by

Mar 24, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $4,688

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 9, 2023, and at times prior thereto, at the residential construction site, the employer did not ensure that employees working on the second and third levels of the scaffold had a safe means of access/egress, exposing employees to fall hazards up to 20-feet above the ground when using the cross braces/end rails.

Issued

Feb 24, 2023

Abate by

Mar 24, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(e)(9)(iv): Cross braces on tubular welded frame scaffolds were used as a means of access or egress.    On or about January 9, 2023, and at times prior thereto, at the residential construction site, the employer did not ensure that employees working on the second and third levels of the scaffold had a safe means of access/egress, exposing employees to fall hazards up to 20-feet above the ground when using the cross braces/end rails.

Issued

Feb 24, 2023

Abate by

Mar 24, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $4,688

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level.   On or about January 9, 2023, and at times prior thereto, at the residential construction site, the employer did not ensure that employees working on the scaffold system were protected by the use of guardrail systems or personal fall arrest system, exposing employees to fall hazards at  20-feet above the ground.

Issued

Feb 24, 2023

Abate by

Mar 24, 2023

Penalty

Initial $376 · Current $376

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards:  On or about January 9, 2023, and at times prior thereto, at a residential construction site, the employer did not ensure employees were trained in recognizing and minimizing hazards conditions exposing employees to fall hazards.