OSHA Inspection: LOPEZ MASONRY

Issued

2014-11-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $320.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1): 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 guying, tying, bracing, or equivalent means, as set forth in subparagraphs (i) - (iii) of this paragraph.  At the job site, 1918 Patty Creek, Andover, Kansas, Employees were working from a steel framed scaffold without proper bracing in place.  Bracing was not used on numerous outer and inner sections.  Employees were exposed to falls and struck-by hazards from un-braced scaffold.

Issued

2014-11-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $320.00 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, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.    At the job site, 1918 Patty Creek, Andover, Kansas, employees were working from a steel framed scaffold and did not have ladder access to the working level of the scaffold.  Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 12 feet to the ground.

Issued

2014-11-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $400.00 Reduced

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:  At the job site, 1918 Patty Creek, Andover, Kansas, employees were working from a steel framed scaffold without fall protection railings in place at the south and north ends of the working level.  Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 12 feet to the ground.

Issued

2014-11-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.  At the job site, 1918 Patty Creek, Andover, Kansas, employees were working near a wall edge supporting the foundations dirt for the new building.  Employees working or standing near the top of the wall were exposed to falls of approximately 12 feet to the ground.

Issued

2014-11-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain such programs as may be necessary to comply with this part.  At the job site, 1918 Patty Creek, Andover, Kansas, Employer did not initiate or maintain a safety program address employees working on a scaffold.  Employees were also working near the top of the wall with a fall hazard of approximately 12 feet to the ground.