OSHA Inspection: JUAN ORTIZ

Issued

2014-12-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $1200.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.25(a): During the course of construction, alteration, or repairs, form or scrap lumber with protruding nails was not kept clear from work areas:     a. On or about December 10, 2014, at the front of the building, lumber with protruding nails was present at work platforms and passageways and exposed employees to cuts, lacerations, and impalement hazards.

Issued

2014-12-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.250(b)(8)(i): Used lumber did not have all nails withdrawn before stacking:   a. On or about December 10, 2014, at the front of the building, stacked used lumber had protruding nails and exposed employees to cuts, lacerations, and impalement hazards.

Issued

2014-12-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $1200.00

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:   a.  On or about December 10, 2014, at the front of the building, an employee did not wear a protective helmet when working below a scaffold platform that was loaded with stone and exposes the employee to struck-by hazards.

Issued

2014-12-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $1200.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:   a. On or about December 10, 2014, at the front of the building, supported scaffold end frames did not have base plates, all end frames did not bear on level mudsills, and stones were used as mudsills.  Employees near the scaffold were exposed to struck-by hazards from brick and stone falling from the scaffold platform.

Issued

2014-12-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(i): The area below the scaffold was not barricaded, and employees were not prohibited from entering the hazard area:   a. On or about December 10, 2014, at the front of the building, the area below the scaffold to which stone or brick could fall was not barricaded to prevent employees from entering the area.  Employees near the scaffold were exposed to struck-by hazards from brick and stone falling from the scaffold platform.

Issued

2014-12-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met: (Construction Reference: 1926.59):    a. On or about December 10, 2014, at the building site, a written hazard communication program was not implemented and maintained at the workplace where employees worked with hazardous chemicals including but not limited to crystalline silica present in brick, stone, masonry sand, and masonry cements.

Issued

2014-12-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): The employer did not have a material safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical which they used: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)   a. On or about December 10, 2014, at the building site, safety data sheets not were obtained for crystalline silica containing materials such as brick, stone, masonry sand, and masonry cements that were used by employees.

Issued

2014-12-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)   a. On or about December 10, 2014, at the building site, hazard communication training was not provided to employees who worked with hazardous chemicals including but not limited to crystalline silica present in brick, stone, masonry sand, and masonry cements.