OSHA Inspection: C BARRERA QUALITY SERVICES CORP.

Issued

Apr 20, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,679 · Current $1,607 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(1)(i):Each platform unit (e.g., scaffold plank, fabricated plank, fabricated deck, or fabricated platform) was not installed so that the space between adjacent units and the space between the platform and the uprights were no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, except where the employer can demonstrate that a wider space is necessary:  On or about January 26, 2023, on the south exterior elevation of a commercial building under construction located at 1200 Gatlin Boulevard in Port Saint Lucie, Florida, an employee performing stucco work was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 7 feet, 10 inches when working on the work level platform of a fabricated frame scaffold that was not fully planked.

Issued

Apr 20, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,679 · Current $1,607 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  On or about January 26, 2023, on the south exterior elevation of a commercial building under construction located at 1200 Gatlin Boulevard in Port Saint Lucie, Florida, an employee performing stucco work was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 14 feet, 4 inches when working on a fabricated frame scaffold while frame leg base plates set up on soil were not bearing on mud sills.

Issued

Apr 20, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(2)(ii): Unstable objects were used to support scaffolds or platform units:  On or about January 26, 2023, on the south exterior elevation of a commercial building under construction located at 1200 Gatlin Boulevard in Port Saint Lucie, Florida, an employee performing stucco work was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 14 feet, 4 inches when working on a fabricated frame scaffold while frame leg base plates were set up on unstable objects such as concrete blocks.

Issued

Apr 20, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,679 · Current $1,607 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:  On or about January 26, 2023, on the south exterior elevation of a commercial building under construction located at 1200 Gatlin Boulevard in Port Saint Lucie, Florida, an employee performing stucco work was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 14 feet, 4 inches and 7 feet, 10 inches when gaining access to the work level platforms of a walk-through fabricated frame scaffold by climbing the scaffold frames and not being provided with a safe means of egress.

Issued

Apr 20, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,679 · Current $1,607 Reduced

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 26, 2023, on the south exterior elevation of a commercial building under construction located at 1200 Gatlin Boulevard in Port Saint Lucie, Florida, an employee performing stucco work was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 14 feet, 4 inches when working on the work level platform of a fabricated frame scaffold while not being protected from falling to the lower level.