OSHA Inspection: REFUGIO GARCIA

Issued

Mar 12, 2023

Abate by

Apr 6, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,679 · Current $2,679

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.100(a): Employees 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, were not protected by protective helmets:  a) At this jobsite, employees were exposed to struck-by hazards when they worked without wearing hard hats.

Issued

Mar 12, 2023

Abate by

Apr 6, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $3,349

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:  a)  At the site,  the guard of a DeWalt chop saw was tied back, exposing the employee to the blade.

Issued

Mar 12, 2023

Abate by

Apr 6, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $4,688

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.303(b)(1):  Grinding machines were not equipped with safety guards in conformance with the requirements of ANSI B7.1-1970, Safety Code for the Use, Care, and Protection of abrasive wheels, and paragraph (d) of this section:  a) At this jobsite, a Makita grinder was used without a guard, exposing employees to an amputation hazard.

Issued

Mar 12, 2023

Abate by

Apr 6, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $3,349

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.405(g)(2)(iii):  Flexible cords were not used only in continuous lengths without splice or tap:  a) At this jobsite, where the cord of an electrical cord adapter was spliced, exposing employees to electrical hazards.

Issued

Mar 12, 2023

Abate by

Apr 6, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.416(e)(1):  Worn or frayed electric cords or cables were used:  a) At the jobsite, employees were exposed to electric shock hazards while using cut, worn, and frayed electric cords.

Issued

Mar 12, 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):  a) Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 8-feet when they worked from the work platform of a tubular welded frame scaffold at the front of the house that was not fully planked.  b) Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 8-feet when they worked from the work platform of a tubular welded frame scaffold at the front porch that was not fully planked.

Issued

Mar 12, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $3,349

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(5)(i):  The end of a platform 10 feet or less in length extended over its support more than 12 inches:  a) At the jobsite, employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 8-feet when they worked from the work platform of a tubular welded frame scaffold with a plank that extended approximately 3-feet over its support.

Issued

Mar 12, 2023

Abate by

Apr 6, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $3,349

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:  a) Employees were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 8-feet when they worked from a tubular welded frame scaffold with posts that were set directly on the ground without base plates.

Issued

Mar 12, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $3,349

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(e)(1):  A means of access for scaffold platforms more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, such as 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 was not used:  a) Employees were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 8-feet when the employer did not install a ladder on the tubular welded frame scaffold.

Issued

Mar 12, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(e)(9)(iv):  The use of cross braces on tubular welded frame scaffolds was not prohibited as a means of access or egress:  a) At the jobsite, employees were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 8-feet when the tubular welded frame scaffold cross braces were used to access and egress the scaffold work platform.

Issued

Mar 12, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $3,349

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.452(c)(3):  Frames and panels were not joined together vertically by coupling or stacking pins or equivalent means:  a) At the jobsite, employees were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 8-feet when nails and bolts were used to join scaffold frames.