OSHA Inspection: JAVIER MORALES ESPINOZA

Issued

2025-02-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $4839.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(1)(ii): Supported scaffolds with a height to base width (including outrigger supports, if used) ratio of more than four to one (4:1) were not restrained from tipping by installing guys, ties, and braces according to the manufacturer's requirements.    a) Scaffold: On or about 11/22/2024, and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to collapse/fall hazards of 20 feet, 6 inches to 26 feet to the lower ground level while engaged in masonry activities, in that the tubular welded masonry walk-thru style scaffold system was not tied or braced to the structure to prevent tipping.

Issued

2025-02-20 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.  Cross braces were used as a means of access.  a) Scaffold: On or about 11/22/2024, and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards of approximately 20-feet, 6-inches and 26-feet to the lower ground level while engaged in masonry activities, in that a ladder was not provided to employees to access the scaffold. Employees climbed the masonry walk-thru type scaffold frames to access the working levels of the scaffold system.

Issued

2025-02-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3457.00 · Current $3457.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.  a) Scaffold: On or about 11/22/2024, and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards of approximately 20 feet, 6 inches to 26-feet to the lower ground level while engaged in masonry activities, in that the scaffold was not equipped with end or mid rails to prevent falls to the lower levels.