OSHA Inspection: MARTIN MENDETA RAMOS

Issued

2024-02-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2074.00 · Current $1659.00 Reduced

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.  At the jobsite, employees were not wearing hardhats while working below other employees that were applying stucco siding to a residential house, exposing employees to struck-by hazards from falling objects.

Issued

2024-02-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3457.00 · Current $2766.00 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.  At the construction site, employees were working on a welded frame scaffold without ladder access. The employees used the cross bracing to access and egress the scaffold system and exposed to a fall hazard.

Issued

2024-02-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3457.00 · Current $2766.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms.  At the construction site, employees were working on a welded frame scaffold without guardrails. The employees performing masonry activities were exposed to a 24 feet fall hazard.

Issued

2024-02-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2074.00 · Current $1659.00 Reduced

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:Note:  This requirement does not apply to float (ship) scaffolds where an edging of 3/4 inch x 1 1/2 inch (2 x 4 cm) wood or equivalent was used in lieu of toeboards.    At the construction site, employees were working on a welded frame scaffold without toeboards. The employees installing stucco siding were exposed to a struck by hazard.

Issued

2024-02-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-02-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3457.00 · Current $2766.00 Reduced

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.  At the construction site, employees were working on a welded frame scaffold without training to recognize and remove hazards and exposed to being struck by material falling from above and fall hazards.