OSHA Inspection: RODRIGUEZ G CONSTRUCTION INC

Issued

Dec 11, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $3,349

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(f)(14): Makeshift devices, such as boxes and barrels were used on top of scaffold platforms to increase the working level height of employees.  a)	On or about October 11, 2023: at the front and left side of the building, employees were exposed to 15 feet 9-inch to 16 feet 4-inch fall hazards while using an unstable tubular welded scaffold to conduct stucco repair. Employees used multiple plastic buckets to raise the scaffold height on tier 3 of the platform.

Issued

Dec 11, 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.  The scaffold structure was used as a means of access.   a) On or about October 11, 2023; at the front and the left side of the building, employees were exposed to a 15 feet 9 inch to 16 feet 3 inch fall hazards, in that, employees were climbing the scaffold frame and were not provided a safe means of access to upper levels of the scaffold.

Issued

Dec 11, 2023

Abate by

Jan 8, 2024

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $3,349

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 October 11, 2023: at the front and left side of the building, employees were exposed to a 15 feet 9 inch to 16 feet 3 inch fall hazards, in that, the scaffold  was not checked by a competent person for defects prior to use.

Issued

Dec 11, 2023

Abate by

Jan 8, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  a)  On or about October 11, 2023: at the front and left side of the building, employees were exposed to a 15 feet 9 inch to 16 feet 3 inch fall hazard, in that, the scaffold was not erected under the supervision of a competent person.

Issued

Dec 11, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $4,688

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:    a)  On or about October 11, 2023; at the site, employees performing stucco repair at the front of the building were not provided with guardrail  or fall protection, exposing them to fall hazards of 15 feet 9 inches up to 16 feet 3 inches.