OSHA Inspection: JESUS HUMBERTO MENDEZ

Issued

2023-01-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1707.00 · Current $1024.00 Reduced

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 13, 2023, on the west side of the construction site, employees working from a tubular welded frame scaffold that was not fully planked on all working levels were exposed to falling hazards.

Issued

2023-01-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-02-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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.   On or about January 13, 2023, on the west side of the construction site, employees working from a tubular welded frame scaffold without toe boards being installed were exposed to falling objects.

Issued

2023-01-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1707.00 · Current $1024.00 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.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.   On or about January 13, 2023, on the west side of the construction site, the employer did not provide a scaffold ladder where employees could access and egress the tubular welded frame scaffold safely exposing them to fall hazards.

Issued

2023-01-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 13, 2023, on the west side of the construction site, employees not wearing hardhats while engaged in masonry work below other employees were exposed to struck-by hazards.