OSHA Inspection: JOSE TOVAR

Issued

Feb 14, 2025

Abate by

Mar 13, 2025

Penalty

Initial $2,128 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.50(c): In the absence of an infirmary, clinic, hospital, or physician, that is reasonably accessible in terms of time and distance to the worksite, which is available for the treatment of injured employees, a person who has a valid certificate in first-aid training from the U.S. Bureau of Mines, the American Red Cross, or equivalent training that can be verified by documentary evidence, was not available at the worksite to render first aid:  Gabriels Overlook Neighborhood: On or about October 22, 2024, when medical services were not reasonably accessible, the employer did not ensure that someone had a valid certificate in first-aid training or equivalent to render first aid.

Issued

Feb 14, 2025

Abate by

Mar 13, 2025

Penalty

Initial $2,128 · Current $0 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:  Gabriels Overlook Neighborhood: On or about October 22, 2024, employees worked from supported scaffolds without the scaffold poles bearing upon base plates and mudsills or other adequate firm foundation while employees performed stone installation.

Issued

Feb 14, 2025

Abate by

Mar 13, 2025

Penalty

Initial $2,837 · Current $0 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.    Gabriels Overlook Neighborhood: On or about October 22, 2024, employees worked from supported scaffolds without having a designated point of access while employees performed stone installation.

Issued

Feb 14, 2025

Abate by

Mar 13, 2025

Penalty

Initial $4,965 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1m) above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in accordance with paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (vii) of this section:  Gabriels Overlook Neighborhood: On or about October 22, 2024, employees worked from supported scaffolds without being provided a fall protection system while employees installed stone to the exterior of a new home.

Issued

Feb 14, 2025

Abate by

Mar 13, 2025

Penalty

Initial $2,128 · Current $0 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:  Gabriels Overlook Neighborhood: On or about October 22, 2024, an employee worked from supported scaffolds without toeboards being installed while another employee was working below.

Issued

Feb 14, 2025

Abate by

Mar 13, 2025

Penalty

Initial $2,837 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Employee(s) engaged in residential construction 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems or personal fall arrest systems nor was an alternative fall protection plan which meets the requirements of 1926.502(k) developed and implemented:  At Gabriels Overlook Neighborhood: On or about October 22, 2024, employees worked from a roof without the use of a fall protection system while installing stone and concrete to the exterior of a new home under construction.