OSHA Inspection: BENNY ALVAREZ JR.

Issued

2020-04-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2892.00 · Current $2892.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Platform(s) on all working levels of scaffolds, were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and guardrail supports such that the space between adjacent units, and the space between the platform and the uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):  Left side of structure: On or about February 14, 2020, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while installing stone from a tubular scaffold without it being fully planked.

Issued

2020-04-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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. Cross braces were used as a means of access:  Left side of structure:  On or about February 14, 2020, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while accessing the scaffold without a ladder.

Issued

2020-04-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:    Left side of structure:  On or about February 14, 2020, and at times prior thereto, an employee working from a tubular scaffold was exposed to a fall hazard greater than 10 feet to the ground, while installing stone bricks on an exterior wall without a guardrail system in place.

Issued

2020-04-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2892.00 · Current $2892.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(i): Footings were not level, sound, rigid, and capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement:  Left side of structure:  On or about February 14, 2020 and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to fall hazard, while installing stone bricks on an exterior wall from a tubular scaffold without base plates to prevent displacement.

Issued

2020-04-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2892.00 · Current $2892.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not 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:     On or about February 14, 2020, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to a fall hazard greater than 10 feet to the ground, while using a tubular scaffold without fall hazard recognition.