OSHA Inspection: ROBERTO MARTINEZ

Issued

2015-05-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-06-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.  The employer does not ensure that employees are protected when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.  This violation occurred on or about May 7, 2015 where an employee was exposed to a struck by hazard when operating a nail gun without eye and face protective equipment.   Pursuant to 29 C.F.R. 1903.19, within ten (10) calendar days of the abatement date, the employer must submit documentation showing that it is in compliance with the standard, including describing the steps that it is taking to ensure employees are using  eye and face protective equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.

Issued

2015-05-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-06-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $2400.00

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.  The employer does not ensure that scaffold legs bear on base plates and mud sills other adequate firm foundation.  This violation was observed on or about May 7, 2015 at the job site where an employee was exposed to a struck by hazard should the unstable scaffold collapse when working on an elevated pump jack scaffold without base plates.    Pursuant to 29 C.F.R. 1903.19, within ten (10) calendar days of the abatement date, the employer must submit documentation showing that it is in compliance with the standard, including describing the steps that it is taking to ensure that all scaffold legs bear on base plates and mud sills.

Issued

2015-05-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-06-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2): Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary.  The employer does not secure the scaffold poles to the structure at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary.  This violation was observed on or about May 7, 2015, at the job site where an employee was exposed to a struck by and fall hazards  when working on an elevated pump jack scaffold without the scaffold being secured at the bottom and other points as necessary.    Pursuant to 29 C.F.R. 1903.19, within ten (10) calendar days of the abatement date, the employer must submit documentation showing that it is in compliance with the standard, including describing the steps that it is taking to ensure scaffold poles are secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary.

Issued

2015-05-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-06-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $2400.00

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.    The employer does not ensure that employees have a ladder, stairway, or ramp to access a scaffold.  This violation occurred on or about May 7, 2015 when an employee was exposed to a fall hazard while installing plywood siding on a two story residential structure from an elevated scaffold without adequate access.   Pursuant to 29 C.F.R. 1903.19, within ten (10) calendar days of the abatement date, the employer must submit documentation showing that it is in compliance with the standard, including describing the steps that it is taking to ensure that employees have proper access to the scaffold platform.