OSHA Inspection: HERRERA MASONRY

Issued

May 25, 2023

Abate by

Jun 26, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,009 · Current $1,205 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:     On April 20, 2023 employees applying a stone facade to a newly constructed storage facility from a tubular scaffold were exposed to struck by hazards due to working beneath potential falling objects without wearing hard hats.

Issued

May 25, 2023

Abate by

Jun 26, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,009 · Current $1,205 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)  On April 20, 2023 employees engaged in masonry operations from a tubular scaffold not fully planked were exposed to fall hazards in excess of 10 feet.

Issued

May 25, 2023

Abate by

Jun 26, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  On April 20, 2023 employees engaged in masonry operations from a tubular scaffold were exposed to fall hazards in excess of 10 feet due to the scaffolding not being constructed with base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation.

Issued

May 25, 2023

Abate by

Jun 26, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface were not used.  On April 20, 2023 employees were exposed to fall hazards excess of 10 feet on tubular scaffolding without access such as ladders to platforms greater than 10 feet.

Issued

May 25, 2023

Abate by

Jun 26, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:  On April 20, 2023 employees applying masonry on a two story residential home from a tubular  scaffold were exposed to fall hazards in excess of 10 feet due to the scaffolding not being constructed with guardrails and employees not using fall protection at height greater than 10 feet.

Issued

May 25, 2023

Abate by

Jun 26, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(5)(i): The end of a platform 10 feet or less in length, extended over its support more than 12 inches:Note:  Does not apply if the platform was designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform was able to support employees and/or materials without tipping or had guardrails that blocked employee access to the end.   On April 20, 2023 employees applying a stone facade to a newly constructed storage facility from a tubular scaffold not fully planked were exposed to fall hazards in excess of 10 feet. The end of the platform 10 feet or less in length extended over its support more than 12 inches and the end of the platform had no guardrails and was not designed or installed to prevent tipping.

Issued

May 25, 2023

Abate by

Jun 26, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.   On April 20, 2023 employees applying a stone facade to a newly constructed storage facility from a tubular scaffold were exposed to fall hazards in excess of 10 feet and struck by hazards due to working beneath potential falling objects and on platforms 14 feet above the lower level with no fall protection and without training on how to perform work on a scaffold safely.

Issued

May 25, 2023

Abate by

Jun 26, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question.    On April 20, 2023 employees applying a stone facade to a newly constructed storage facility from a tubular scaffold were exposed to fall hazards in excess of 10 feet and struck by hazards due to working on scaffolds not erected, maintained or inspected by an employee trained to recognize hazards including but not limited to: working levels not fully planked, missing guardrails on working levels, no systems to prevent falling objects, no ladder or appropriate means to access the scaffolds, platforms extending more than allowable distances beyond supports, and scaffold legs sunken in dirt with no base plates.