OSHA Inspection: JESSE ARANDA

Issued

2024-01-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1763.00 · Current $1763.00

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 October 17, 2023, and at times prior thereto, the employer did not ensure that employees were wearing hardhats while working below active bricklaying operations, exposing employees to a struck-by hazard(s) from falling objects.

Issued

2024-01-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-02-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2765.00 · Current $2765.00

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:   On or about October 17, 2023, and at times prior thereto, employees used the cross braces of the scaffold to gain access to the working platforms, exposing them to fall hazards.

Issued

2024-01-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-02-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms:  On or about October 17, 2023, and at times prior thereto, employees were working on a welded frame scaffold at heights of 10 feet or greater from a lower level without the use of guardrails, exposing them to fall hazards.

Issued

2024-01-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-02-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(h)(2)(ii): A toeboard was not erected along the edge of platforms more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower levels for a distance sufficient to protect employees below:  On or about October 17, 2023, and at times prior thereto, employees were conducting bricklaying operation from a welded frame scaffold without toeboards, exposing employees working below to a struck-by hazards.

Issued

2024-01-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-02-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.454(a):The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on scaffold(s) trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold(s) being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards:  On or about October 17, 2023, and at times prior thereto, employees were working on a welded frame scaffold system without the knowledge and skills to recognize and eliminate hazards associated with working from scaffolds, exposing them to struck-by and fall hazards.

Issued

2024-01-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-02-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2074.00 · Current $2074.00

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1153(c)(1):  For each employee engaged in a task identified on Table 1, the employer did not fully and properly implement the engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection specified for the task on Table 1, unless the employer assesses and limits the exposure of the employee to respirable crystalline silica in accordance with paragraph (d) of this section:  On or about October 17, 2023, and at times prior thereto, an employee was using a stationary masonry saw to dry cut bricks and was not protected from being exposed to crystalline silica dust with the use of engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection.

Issued

2024-01-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-02-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1153(g)(1):  The employer did not establish and implement a written exposure control plan:  On or about October 17, 2023, and at times prior thereto, the employer did not ensure that employees using a masonry saw to dry cut bricks were protected from exposure to respirable crystalline silica.