OSHA Inspection: PABLO GUACHICHELLCA UZHCA

Issued

2025-01-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-02-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4965.00 · Current $4965.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.454(a):The employer shall have each employee who performs 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. The training shall include the following areas, as applicable: (1) The nature of any electrical hazards, fall hazards and falling object hazards in the work area; (2) The correct procedures for dealing with electrical hazards and for erecting, maintaining, and disassembling the fall protection systems and falling object protection systems being used; (3) The proper use of the scaffold, and the proper handling of materials on the scaffold; (4) The maximum intended load and the load-carrying capacities of the scaffolds used; and (5) Any other pertinent requirements of this subpart  a) On or about December 7, 2024, the employer failed to ensure that employees performing siding work on a pump jack scaffold were trained by a qualified person to recognize and minimize hazards. Specifically, employees were not trained on the need for proper means of access/egress, the use of end caps, and the requirement for netting along the entire length of the scaffold. As a result, employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 12 feet.

Issued

2025-01-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4965.00 · Current $4965.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(e)(1):When scaffold platforms are 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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface shall be used. Crossbraces shall not be used as a means of access.  a) On or about December 13, 2024, employees were exposed to fall hazards while performing siding work in that there was no means of access/egress from the pump jack scaffold while it was suspended 12 ft in the air.

Issued

2025-01-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4965.00 · Current $4965.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1):Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level shall be protected from falling to that lower level. Paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (vii) of this section establish the types of fall protection to be provided to the employees on each type of scaffold. Paragraph (g)(2) of this section addresses fall protection for scaffold erectors and dismantlers. Note to paragraph (g)(1): The fall protection requirements for employees installing suspension scaffold support systems on floors, roofs, and other elevated surfaces are set forth in subpart M of this part.  a) On or about December 13, employees are exposed to a 12 ft. fall hazard while performing siding work on a residential jobsite on a pump jack scaffold without utilizing a personal fall arrest system or guardrail system when working on the end of scaffold without end rails.