OSHA Inspection: CJ TORRES CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

Dec 7, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $3,349

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part:  a.  On or about July 18, 2023, at the above addressed jobsite, the employer did not maintain an accident prevention program to comply with the regulations of this part, which included, but were not limited to, employee protection when exposed to hazards associated with construction operations.

Issued

Dec 7, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR  1926.21(b)(2):The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:  a.  On or about July 18, 2023, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were not trained in the recognition of jobsite hazards, which included, but were not limited to, the hazards associated with construction operations.

Issued

Dec 7, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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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.  a.  On or about July 18, 2023, at the above addressed jobsite, employees performing tuckpointing operations from a tubular welded frame scaffold and two (2) two-point adjustable suspension scaffolds were not trained to recognize the hazards associated with scaffolding, thereby exposing the employees to fall hazards and scaffold collapse hazards.

Issued

Dec 7, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $3,349

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:  a.  On or about July 18, 2023, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee working below tuckpointing operations was not wearing a hard hat, thereby exposing the employee to struck by hazards.

Issued

Dec 7, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $4,688

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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.  On or about July 18, 2023, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee performing tuckpointing operations from a tubular welded frame scaffold, nineteen (19) feet two (2) inches above ground, did not have the working level fully planked, thereby exposing the employee to fall hazards.

Issued

Dec 7, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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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:  a.  On or about July 18, 2023, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee performing tuckpointing operations from a tubular welded frame scaffold, which was erected with support legs that did not bear on base plates, was exposed to fall hazards and scaffold collapse hazards.

Issued

Dec 7, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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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.  a.  On or about July 18, 2023, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee performing tuckpointing operations from a tubular welded frame scaffold, nineteen (19) feet two (2) inches above ground, was not protected by a guardrail system, thereby exposing the employee to fall hazards.

Issued

Dec 7, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $4,688

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29 CFR  1926.451(d)(3)(ix): Tiebacks were not secured to a structurally sound anchorage on the building or structure:  a.  On or about July 18, 2023, at the above addressed jobsite, employees performing tuckpointing operations were exposed to fall hazards and scaffold collapse hazards while working from two (2) two-point adjustable suspension scaffolds with tiebacks connected to roof vent pipes.

Issued

Dec 7, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR  1926.451(d)(3)(x): Tiebacks were not installed perpendicular to the face of the building or structure, nor were opposing angle tiebacks installed:  a.  On or about July 18, 2023, at the above addressed jobsite, employees performing tuckpointing operations were exposed to fall hazards and scaffold collapse hazards while working from two (2) two-point adjustable suspension scaffolds with tiebacks installed at angles other than right angles to the face of the building.

Issued

Dec 7, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR  1926.451(d)(5)(ii): Suspension scaffold support devices such as cornice hooks, roof hooks, roof irons, parapet clamps, or similar devices were not supported by bearing blocks.  a.  a.  On or about July 18, 2023, at the above addressed jobsite, employees performing tuckpointing operations were exposed to fall hazards and scaffold collapse hazards while working from two (2) two point adjustable suspension scaffolds supported by four cornice hooks that were resting on two sand bags and two pieces of lumber.

Issued

Dec 7, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR  1926.451(d)(16): The suspension scaffold power-operated hoist or manually operated hoist did not have, in addition to the normal operating brake, a braking device or locking pawl which engages automatically when a hoist makes either of the following uncontrolled movements: an instantaneous change in momentum or an accelerated overspeed.  a.  On or about July 18, 2023, at the above addressed jobsite, employees performing tuckpointing operations were exposed to fall hazards and scaffold collapse hazards while working from two (2) manually operated two-point adjustable suspension scaffolds that did not have braking devices or locking pawls that engage automatically following an uncontrolled movement.

Issued

Dec 7, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1926.451(d)(17):  Manually operated hoists did not have a positive crank force to descend:  a.  On or about July 18, 2023, at the above addressed jobsite, employees performing tuckpointing operations were exposed to fall hazards and scaffold collapse hazards while working from two (2) two-point adjustable suspension scaffolds where the manually operated hoists did not have a positive crank force to descend.

Issued

Dec 7, 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.  a.  On or about July 18, 2023, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee performing tuckpointing operations was exposed to fall hazards when accessing and egressing a two-point adjustable suspension scaffold.

Issued

Dec 7, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $4,688

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:  a.  On or about July 18, 2023, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were exposed to fall hazards and scaffold collapse hazards when performing tuckpointing operations from a tubular welded frame scaffold and two (2) two-point adjustable suspension scaffolds that were not inspected by a competent person.

Issued

Dec 7, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR  1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.  a.  On or about July 18, 2023, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were exposed to fall hazards and scaffold collapse hazards when performing tuckpointing operations from a tubular welded frame scaffold and two (2) two-point adjustable suspension scaffolds that were not erected by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection.

Issued

Dec 7, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR  1926.451(d)(3)(i): Before the scaffold was used, direct connections were not evaluated by a competent person to confirm, based on the evaluation, that the supporting surfaces are capable of supporting the loads to be imposed:  a.  On or about July 18, 2023, at the above addressed jobsite, scaffold connections were not evaluated by a competent person, thereby exposing employees performing tuckpointing operations from two (2) two-point adjustable suspension scaffolds to fall hazards and scaffold collapse hazards.

Issued

Dec 7, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $4,688

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1)(ii): Each employee on a single-point or two-point adjustable suspension scaffold was not protected by both a personal fall arrest system and a guardrail system:  a.  On or about July 18, 2023, at the above addressed jobsite, employees performing tuckpointing operations from two (2) two-point adjustable suspension scaffolds, suspended more than twenty-five (25) feet above ground, were not protected by guardrail systems, thereby exposing the employees to fall hazards.

Issued

Dec 7, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(3): Personal fall arrest systems used on scaffolds were not attached by lanyard to a vertical lifeline, horizontal lifeline, or scaffold structural member.  a.  On or about July 18, 2023, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee performing tuckpointing operations from a two-point adjustable scaffold, greater than twenty-five (25) above ground, was wearing a body harness attached by a rope to a vertical lifeline.  The rope was without connectors or a deceleration device, thereby exposing the employee to fall hazards.

Issued

Dec 7, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR  1926.451(g)(3)(i): Vertical lifelines were not fastened to a fixed safe point of anchorage, independent of the scaffold, and protected from sharp edges and abrasion.  Safe points of anchorage include structural members of buildings, but do not include standpipes, vents, other piping systems, electrical conduit, outrigger beams, or counterweights.  a.  On or about July 18, 2023, at the above addressed jobsite, employees performing tuckpointing operations from two (2) two-point adjustable suspension scaffolds, greater than twenty-five (25) above ground, were exposed to fall hazards when vertical lifelines were attached to suspension scaffold tiebacks and roof vent pipes and were not protected from sharp edges and abrasion.

Issued

Dec 7, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(3)(iv): Vertical lifelines, independent support lines, and suspension ropes were attached to each other and were attached to the same point of anchorage:   a.  On or about July 18, 2023, at the above addressed jobsite, employees performing tuckpointing operations were exposed to fall hazards and scaffold collapse hazards while working from two (2) two point adjustable suspension scaffolds, supported by cornice hooks, secured against movement by tiebacks that were connected to each other and to vertical lifelines connected to the same points of anchorage.

Issued

Dec 7, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR  1926.502(d)(18): Personal fall arrest system components were used to hoist material:  a.  On or about July 18, 2023, at the above addressed jobsite, employees engaged in tuckpointing operations were using lifelines that they were connected to for the purpose of hoisting masonry material to the suspension scaffolds.