OSHA Inspection: ISMA MUNGUIA CASTILLO

Issued

Apr 17, 2023

Abate by

May 15, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,009 · Current $2,009

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).  On April 14, 2023, on the west side of the construction site, employees working from a tubular welded frame scaffold that was not fully planked on all working levels were exposed to fall hazards.

Issued

Apr 17, 2023

Abate by

May 15, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 April 14, 2023, on the west side of the construction site, employees working from a tubular welded frame scaffold without toe boards being installed were exposed to falling objects.

Issued

Apr 17, 2023

Abate by

May 15, 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 April 14, 2023, on the west side of the construction site, the employer did not provide a scaffold ladder where employees could access and egress the tubular welded frame scaffold safely exposing them to fall hazards.

Issued

Apr 17, 2023

Abate by

May 15, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,679 · Current $2,679

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b).   On April 14, 2023, on the west side of the construction site, employees performing masonry work from the porch balcony without fall protection was exposed to fall hazards of approximately 9 feet to the ground below.