OSHA Inspection: DEL PORTE CONSTRUCTION CORP

Issued

2023-05-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2678.00 · Current $2678.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.252(c): All scrap lumber, waste material, and rubbish was not removed from the immediate work area as the work progressed.   a) On or about February 16, 2023 at 16491-16483 Hillsborough Blvd, Port Charlotte, FL, 33954, employees  were exposed to slip, trip and fall hazards throughout the site, in that, there were objects such as blocks, wooden pallets, buckets and rebar on the ground.

Issued

2023-05-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2678.00 · Current $2678.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.300(b)(1): Power operated tool(s), designed to accommodate guards, were not equipped with such guards when in use:   a) On or about February 16, 2023 at 16491-16483 Hillsborough Blvd, Port Charlotte, FL, 33954, the employer did not ensure that the engine cover on the mixer was used, exposing employees to struck by hazards due to rotating components such as the drive shaft, motor components and sheaves.

Issued

2023-05-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6250.00 · Current $6250.00

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) On or about February 16, 2023 at 16491-16483 Hillsborough Blvd, Port Charlotte, FL, 33954, the working level of the supported scaffold used by employees to build masonry block walls in house #1 was not fully planked, exposing employees to a 5-foot fall hazard.  b) On or about February 16, 2023 at 16491-16483 Hillsborough Blvd, Port Charlotte, FL, 33954, the working level of the supported scaffold used by employees to build masonry block walls in house #2 was not fully planked, exposing employees to a 5-foot fall hazard.

Issued

2023-05-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  a) On or about February 16, 2023 at 16491-16483 Hillsborough Blvd, Port Charlotte, FL, 33954, the supported scaffold used by employees to build masonry block walls in house #1 did not have base plates.  b) On or about February 16, 2023 at 16491-16483 Hillsborough Blvd, Port Charlotte, FL, 33954, the supported scaffold used by employees to build masonry block walls in house #2 did not have base plates.

Issued

2023-05-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6250.00 · Current $6250.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(f)(14): Makeshift devices, such as but not limited to boxes and barrels, were used on top of scaffold platforms to increase the working level height of employees:  a) On or about February 16, 2023 at 16491-16483 Hillsborough Blvd, Port Charlotte, FL, 33954,  masonry blocks were placed on the work platforms of a supported scaffold system to increase the working height, exposing employees to fall hazards.

Issued

2023-05-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-06-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6250.00 · Current $6250.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.454(a):The employer did not have each employee who performs work while on a scaffold(s) trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize those hazards associated with the type of scaffold(s) being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.  a) On or about February 16, 2023 at 16491-16483 Hillsborough Blvd, Port Charlotte, FL, 33954, employees conducting masonry block work on a supported scaffold were not trained to recognize scaffold related hazards such as the scaffold not being fully decked and missing base plates.

Issued

2023-05-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-06-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5358.00 · Current $5358.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1153(d)(2)(i): The employer did not assess the exposure of each employee who was or may reasonably be expected to be exposed to respirable crystalline silica at or above the action level in accordance with either the performance option in paragraph (d)(2)(ii) or the scheduled monitoring option in paragraph (d)(2)(iii) of this section:  a) On or about February 16, 2023 at 16491-16483 Hillsborough Blvd, Port Charlotte, FL, 33954, the employer did not assess the exposure(s) for employees using a saw to cut masonry blocks, employees were potentially exposed to silica while working in a cloud of dust.

Issued

2023-05-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-06-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1153(g)(1):The employer did not establish and implement a written exposure control plan:  a) On or about February 16, 2023 at 16491-16483 Hillsborough Blvd, Port Charlotte, FL, 33954, the employer did not develop and implement a written crystalline silica exposure control for employees using a saw to cut masonry blocks, and potentially exposed to silica while working in a cloud of dust.

Issued

2023-05-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-06-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1153(i)(2)(i)(A): The employer did not ensure that each employee covered by this section could demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the health hazards associated with exposure to respirable crystalline silica:   a) On or about February 16, 2023 at 16491-16483 Hillsborough Blvd, Port Charlotte, FL, 33954, employees involved in activities with the potential of  crystalline silica exposure in their work areas, were not informed and trained in the hazards associated with the exposure.