OSHA Inspection: SEGOVIA GENERAL CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

Mar 30, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,018 · Current $2,411 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.  a) Building Exterior:  Employees were exposed to eye/face injuries while applying stucco. Employee was not protected with any type of eye/face protection, on or about 3/28/23

Issued

Mar 30, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $2,813 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)   a) Building Exterior:  Employees were exposed to an 18 foot fall hazard while doing demo from a tubular welded frame scaffold with missing planks. Scaffold was not fully decked or planked between front and uprights, on or about 3/28/23

Issued

Mar 30, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $2,813 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1): Supported scaffolds with a height to base width (including outrigger supports, if used) ratio of more than four to one (4:1) were not restrained from tipping by guying, tying, bracing, or equivalent means, as set forth in subparagraphs (i) - (iii) of this paragraph.  a) Building Exterior: Employees were engaged in demolition activities from a pipe scaffold that was not restrained from tipping by guying ,tying, bracing or equivalent means, on or about 3/28/23.

Issued

Mar 30, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $2,813 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.   a) Building Exterior: A proper means of access was not provided for the scaffold system. Thereby exposing employees to a fall hazard of approximately 18 feet, on or about 3/28/23.

Issued

Mar 30, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $2,813 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.  a) Building Exterior: Employees were exposed to a 18 foot fall hazard while doing demo from a pipe scaffold that was not provided with a guardrail system or other means of fall protection, on or about 3/28/23

Issued

Mar 30, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,018 · Current $2,411 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(c)(2)(ii): Water was not applied at flow rates sufficient to minimize release of visible dust for tasks performed using wet methods:  a) Building Exterior: Employees did not apply water to minimize the release of visible dust while dry cutting a concrete and jackhammering the fa�ade of a commercial building, on or about 3/28/23