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Alejandro Otero: OSHA inspections and violations

Cypress, Texas · Framing Contractors · NAICS 238130

1inspections
5citation items
$7,800current penalties
May 11, 2016last inspection

Alejandro Otero has one OSHA inspection on record in Texas.

OSHA opened it on May 11, 2016 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Cypress.

From that inspection OSHA issued 5 citation items: 5 serious.

OSHA proposed $15,600 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $7,800, down 50%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1926.451, scaffolds, general requirements (3 items).

For context, across all construction employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,079. Alejandro Otero averages $7,800 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Alejandro Otero: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341471084 OPENED MAY 11, 2016Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 14 employees at the site · Closed Jul 17, 2017

18515 Bridgeland Creek Pkwy, Cypress, TX 77433 · Framing Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on May 11, 2016 (fatal): Employee killed by fall

At 9:30 a.m. on May 11, 2016, an employee was installing exterior overhang truss. The employee and coworker were working from a fabricated wooden trash box placed on the forks of a rough terrain forklift. The box tilted from the center of gravity and the employee fell to the ground and was struck by the wooden box. The employee was killed from the fall.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2) · Construction safety training
 Serious$1,600$800Jun 2, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$7,000$3,500Jun 2, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1926.454(a) · Scaffold training
 Serious$0$0Jun 2, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$7,000$3,500Jun 2, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(iv) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$0$0Jun 2, 2016Final

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1926.21 · Construction safety training

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2)

(2) The employer shall instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury.

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6)

(6) Scaffolds shall be designed by a qualified person and shall be constructed and loaded in accordance with that design. Non-mandatory appendix A to this subpart contains examples of criteria that will enable an employer to comply with paragraph (a) of this section.

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(iv)

(iv) Front-end loaders and similar pieces of equipment shall not be used to support scaffold platforms unless they have been specifically designed by the manufacturer for such use.

29 CFR 1926.454 · Scaffold training

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