OSHA Inspection: ABRAHAM MONTALVAN

Issued

Apr 21, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $3,349

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1):The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to struck-by hazards while operating forklifts.   On or about March 7, 2023,  a. An employee was exposed to a struck-by hazard while operating a Toyota forklift without using a seatbelt.  b. An employee was exposed to a struck-by hazard while operating a Doosan forklift without using a seatbelt.

Issued

Apr 21, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $3,349

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 March 7, 2023, when an employee was exposed to a fall hazard while doing masonry work from the second level of a scaffold without using adequate access.

Issued

Apr 21, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $3,349

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 March 7, 2023, when an employee was exposed to a fall hazard greater than 10 feet while doing masonry work from the second and level of a scaffold without fall protection.