OSHA Inspection: CRUZ'S LANDSCAPING, LLC

Issued

Oct 30, 2023

Abate by

Nov 27, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,009 · Current $603 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer had not developed or implemented a written hazard communication program which at included the requirements outlined in 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) and (e)(1)(ii).  Jobsite: On or about September 27, 2023, the employer did not ensure that a hazard communication program was developed and distributed to employees required to mix and use masonry cement to repair a damaged brick wall so they could recognize and avoid the hazards associated with the cement mixture.

Issued

Oct 30, 2023

Abate by

Nov 27, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical and did not ensure that they were readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they were in their work area(s).  Jobsite: On or about September 27, 2023, the employer failed to maintain copies of the SDS sheets for hazardous chemicals, such as masonry cement mix, on-site for employees to reference.

Issued

Oct 30, 2023

Abate by

Nov 27, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area.  Jobsite: On or about September 27, 2023, the employer failed to ensure that employees required to use hazardous materials, such as masonry cement, were provided with hazard communication training.

Issued

Oct 30, 2023

Abate by

Nov 27, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,009 · Current $603 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.50(g): Where employees were exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body were not provided within the work area for immediate emergency use.  Jobsite: On or about September 27, 2023, the employer did not ensure that the work site had a suitable facility for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body while working with caustic masonry cement.

Issued

Oct 30, 2023

Abate by

Nov 27, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,018 · 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.  Jobsite: On or about September 27, 2023, the employer failed to ensure that the scaffold system used by employees who were repairing a brick veneer wall at working levels of approximately 6 feet, 3 inches and 9 feet, 9 inches from ground level were fully planked on both levels.

Issued

Oct 30, 2023

Abate by

Nov 27, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,009 · Current $603 Reduced

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.  Jobsite: On or about September 27, 2023, the employer did not ensure that the scaffolding system in use had base plates attached to the legs to prevent settling or displacement.

Issued

Oct 30, 2023

Abate by

Aug 30, 2024

Penalty

Initial $2,009 · Current $603 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. Cross braces were used as a means of access.  Jobsite: On or about September 27, 2023, the employer did not ensure that an adequate means of access from ground level was available so employees would not use the cross braces on the scaffold as a means of access.

Issued

Oct 30, 2023

Abate by

Nov 27, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $1,406 Reduced

General-duty citation text

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.  Jobsite: On or about September 27, 2023, the employer did not ensure that a scaffolding system used by employees was erected by a competent person, so employees were not subject to the hazards of displacement or collapse.

Issued

Oct 30, 2023

Abate by

Nov 27, 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.  Jobsite: On or about September 27, 2023, the employer did not ensure that employees required to work from a scaffold were trained in the proper use of a scaffold and to recognize the hazards associated with working from a scaffolding system.

Issued

Oct 30, 2023

Abate by

Nov 27, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,009 · Current $603 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladder(s) were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed.  Jobsite: On or about September 27, 2023, the employer failed to ensure that a six-foot Werner step ladder was used in the open position as the manufacturer intended.

Issued

Oct 30, 2023

Abate by

Nov 27, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1060(a)(1)(iii): The employer will provide a training program for each employee using ladders and/or stairways given by a competent person in the proper construction, use, placement, and care in handling the ladders and/or stairways.  Jobsite: On or about September 27, 2023, the employer did not ensure that employees using a Werner six-foot  step ladder to access a scaffold were trained to recognize the hazards associated with ladder use and the procedures to follow to minimize those hazards.