OSHA Inspection: OMAR CASTANON

Issued

Jun 13, 2023

Abate by

Jul 11, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(1)(i): Each platform unit (e.g., scaffold plank, fabricated plank, fabricated deck, or fabricated platform) was not installed so that the space between adjacent units and the space between the platform and the uprights were no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, except where the employer can demonstrate that a wider space is necessary:  (a) On or about January 05, 2023 and at times prior to  - Building 4, employees were exposed to fall hazards of up to approximately 30 feet when scaffold levels were not fully planked.

Issued

Jun 13, 2023

Abate by

Jul 11, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(8): At all points of a scaffold where the platform changes direction, such as turning a corner, the platform that rests on a bearer at an angle other than a right angle was not laid first, and platforms which rest at right angles over the same bearer shall be laid second, on top of the first platform:  (a) On or about January 05, 2023 and at times prior to  - Building 4, employees were exposed to fall hazards of up to approximately 30 feet when the planks used to go around the corner of the building from scaffold to scaffold were not laid first.

Issued

Jun 13, 2023

Abate by

Jul 11, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $2,840 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) On or about January 05, 2023 and at times prior to - Building 4, employees were exposed to fall hazards of up to approximately 30 feet when the ladder attached to the corner scaffolds did not reach to the fifth level of the scaffolds on the corner of building four.  Employees stepped onto the scaffold frame from the third floor balcony and climbed the scaffold frame from the fourth level to the fifth scaffold level.

Issued

Jun 13, 2023

Abate by

Jul 11, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(f)(4): Part(s) of a scaffold that were damaged or weakened, such that the scaffold's strength was less than that required by paragraph (a) of this section, were not immediately repaired, replaced, braced to meet those provisions, nor removed from service until repaired:  (a) On or about January 05, 2023 and at times prior to - Building 4, employees were exposed to fall hazards of up to approximately 30 feet when bent cross braces were used.

Issued

Jun 13, 2023

Abate by

Jul 11, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $2,840 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1)(vi): Each employee performing overhand bricklaying operations from a supported scaffold was not protected from falling from all open sides and ends of the scaffold (except at the side next to the wall being laid) by the use of a personal fall arrest system or guardrail system (with minimum 200 pound toprail capacity):   or in the alternative  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) On or about January 05, 2023 and prior - Building 4, employees were exposed to fall hazards of up to approximately 30 feet when guardrails were not installed or were partially installed on the ends of the outrigger/sidearm platform between the third and fourth levels of the scaffold on the front of building 4, on the ends of the third and fourth levels of the scaffold on the front of building 4, on the ends of the fourth level of the scaffold at the corner of building 4 on the front of the building (used to access the scaffold from the third floor balcony), and on the ends of the fifth level of the scaffold at the corner on the front and end of building 4 that were connected with a crossover.

Issued

Jun 13, 2023

Abate by

Jul 11, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,679 · Current $1,600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(h)(1): Each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects.  For falling objects too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected, the employer did not place and secure such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall:  (a) On or about January 05, 2023 and at times prior to - Building 4, employees were exposed to struck-by hazards when there were no toeboards on the scaffolds when bricks and other materials/items were stacked on the scaffolds.

Issued

Jun 13, 2023

Abate by

Jul 11, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $2,840 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.452(c)(5)(iii): Brackets used to support cantilevered loads were not used only to support personnel, unless the scaffold has been designed for other loads by a qualified engineer and built to withstand the tipping forces caused by those other loads being placed on the bracket-supported section of the scaffold:  (a) On or about January 05, 2023 and at times prior to  - Building 4, employees were exposed to fall hazards of up to approximately 30 feet when the outrigger/sidearm on the top (5th level-approximately 30 feet from the ground) level was used as a location for a concrete tub.

Issued

Jun 13, 2023

Abate by

Jul 11, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.452(c)(2): Tubular welded frames and panels were not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which would have secured vertical members together laterally:  (a )On or about January 05, 2023 and at times prior to - Building 4, employees were exposed to fall hazards of up to approximately 30 feet when there were no cross braces on the fifth level of the left side of the scaffold located at the end of building 4 at the corner of the building and missing or unattached cross braces on the third level of the scaffold on the front of building 4.

Issued

Jun 13, 2023

Abate by

Jul 11, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $2,840 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) On or about January 05, 2023 and at times prior to  - Building 4, employees were exposed to fall hazards of up to approximately 30 feet when employees accessed scaffolds with deficiencies such as, but not limited to, levels not fully planked, outrigger/sidearm used for other than personnel, missing/incorrect guardrails, missing toeboards, use of damaged scaffold materials, and inadequate safe access to scaffold levels.

Issued

Jun 13, 2023

Abate by

Jul 11, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question:  (a) On or about January 05, 2023 and at times prior to  - Building 4, employees were exposed to fall hazards of up to approximately 30 feet when erecting/disassembling scaffolds due to lack of training.

Issued

Jun 13, 2023

Abate by

Jul 11, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $2,840 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):     (a) On or about January 05, 2023 and at times prior to - Building 4, employees were exposed to fall hazards of up to approximately 30 feet when they were not instructed to avoid fall hazards and permitted to use balconies to access scaffolds.

Issued

Jun 13, 2023

Abate by

Jul 11, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:   (a) On or about January 05, 2023 and at times prior  to - Building 4, employees were not instructed to avoid fall hazards and permitted to use balconies to access scaffolds.