OSHA Inspection: CARLOS CRUZ

Issued

2025-01-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-03-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $4839.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:  On or about July 15, 2024, and at times prior thereto, employees had not been trained on the hazards associated with the scaffold being used.

Issued

2025-01-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2765.00 · Current $2765.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, or uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation.  On or about July 15, 2024, and at times prior thereto, employees were using a scaffold while performing plastering and painting work without the use of mud sills and base plates.

Issued

2025-01-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2765.00 · Current $2765.00

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.  On or about July 15, 2024, and at times prior thereto, employees accessed the scaffolding to perform plastering and painting work without the use of ladders.

Issued

2025-01-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2765.00 · Current $2765.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity.  On or about July 15, 2024, and at times prior thereto, employees were using a scaffold while performing plastering and painting work without having a competent person inspect the scaffold prior to work.

Issued

2025-01-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $4839.00

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:  On or about July 15, 2024, and at times prior thereto, employees were using scaffolds to perform plastering and painting work at heights above 10 feet without the use of fall protection.

Issued

2025-01-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3457.00 · Current $3457.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(ii): A toe board was not erected along the edge of platforms more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower levels for a distance sufficient to protect employees below.  On or about July 15, 2024, and at times prior thereto, employees were using scaffolds at heights of above 10 feet without the use of toe boards while other employees were working below.

Issued

2025-01-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-03-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2074.00 · Current $2074.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(b)(1): The employer did not verify compliance with paragraph (a) of this section by preparing a written (training) certification record including the name or other identity of the employee trained, the date(s) of the training, and the signature of the person who conducted the training or the signature of the employer.  On or about July 15, 2024, and at times prior thereto, the employer did not certify that each employee exposed to a fall hazard above 6 feet had been trained on a fall protection program.