OSHA Inspection: JUAN SANCHEZ

Issued

2018-04-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1663.00 · Current $1600.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1):  Employees were not provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:  a)  At 2190 Watts Way, Auburn, Alabama:  On or about March 22, 2018 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to operate a stone cutting chop saw without wearing safety glasses exposing his employees to struck-by hazards.

Issued

2018-04-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $2100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):  a)  At 2190 Watts Way, Auburn, Alabama:  On or about March 22, 2018 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to work from the third buck of a scaffold that was not fully planked exposing his employees to a fall hazard of  21 feet 7 inches to the ground below.  b)  At 2190 Watts Way, Auburn, Alabama:  On or about March 22, 2018 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to work from the second buck of a scaffold that was not fully planked exposing his employees to a fall hazard of  15 feet 9 inches to the ground below.

Issued

2018-04-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $1600.00 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, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access:  a)  At 2190 Watts Way, Auburn, Alabama:  On or about March 22, 2018 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to climb the side of the scaffold and the cross braces without providing his employees with a ladder exposing his employees to a fall hazard of 21 feet 7 inches to the ground below.

Issued

2018-04-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $1600.00 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:  a)  At 2190 Watts Way, Auburn, Alabama:  On or about March 22, 2018 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to work from the third buck of a scaffold without fall protection exposing his employees to a fall hazard of  21 feet 7 inches to the ground below.  b)  At 2190 Watts Way, Auburn, Alabama:  On or about March 22, 2018 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to work from the second buck of a scaffold without fall protection exposing his employees to a fall hazard of  15 feet 9 inches to the ground below.

Issued

2018-04-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $1600.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms before being released for use by employees other than erection/dismantling crews:  a)  At 2190 Watts Way, Auburn, Alabama:  On or about March 22, 2018 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to work from the third buck of a scaffold that did not have guardrails installed exposing his employees to a fall hazard of  21 feet 7 inches to the ground below.  b)  At 2190 Watts Way, Auburn, Alabama:  On or about March 22, 2018 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to work from the second buck of a scaffold that did not have guardrails installed exposing his employees to a fall hazard of  15 feet 9 inches to the ground below.

Issued

2018-04-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(iv): Midrails were not installed at a height approximately midway between the top edge of the guardrail system and the platform surface:  a)  At 2190 Watts Way, Auburn, Alabama:  On or about March 22, 2018 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to work from the second buck of a scaffold without a mid rail installed exposing his employees to a fall hazard of  15 feet 9 inches to the ground below.

Issued

2018-04-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $1600.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed 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:  a)  At 2190 Watts Way, Auburn, Alabama:  On or about March 22, 2018 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to work from a scaffold without first ensuring his employees were trained on scaffold to include but not limited to setting up scaffold and inspecting scaffolds exposing his employees to a fall hazard of up to 21 feet 7 inches to the ground below.

Issued

2018-04-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2217.00 · Current $1600.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:  a)  At 2190 Watts Way, Auburn, Alabama:  On or about March 22, 2018 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to use an extension ladder to gain access to a roof and the rails of the ladder did not extend three feet above the landing to provide safe access exposing his employees to a fall hazard of 11 feet 4 inches to the ground below.