OSHA Inspection: JESUS RAMIREZ

Issued

May 15, 2023

Abate by

May 30, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $3,349

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while 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:  On or about April 5, 2023, and at times before, at the residential construction site, on the left elevation of the two-story house, the employer did not ensure that employees wore a protective hard hat while working at lower levels of a tubular welded frame scaffold to protect employees from falling bricks and other materials, exposing employees to struck-by injuries.

Issued

May 15, 2023

Abate by

May 30, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,009 · Current $2,009

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 April 5, 2023, and at times prior thereto, at the residential construction site, on the left elevation of the two-story home, the employer did not ensure safe access and egress on the tubular welded frame scaffold, exposing employees to fall injuries at approximately 8 feet above the lower level.

Issued

May 15, 2023

Abate by

May 30, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $3,349

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(h)(1): Each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects.  For falling objects too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected, the employer did not place and secure such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall.  On or about April 5, 2023, and at times before, at the residential construction site, on the left elevation of the two-story house, the employer did not ensure that protective measures were provided on all working levels on a tubular welded frame scaffold to prevent bricks and other materials from falling to the second level and lower where employees performed masonry work, exposing employees to struck-by injuries.

Issued

May 15, 2023

Abate by

May 30, 2023

Penalty

Initial $376 · Current $376

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.   On or about April 5, 2023, and at times prior thereto, at the residential construction site, on the left elevation of the two-story home, the employer did not ensure employees working on the tubular welded frame scaffold were trained by a qualified person in order to recognize and minimize scaffold hazards.