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Constructora Nieves Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Dorado, Puerto Rico · Industrial Building Construction · NAICS 236210

1inspections
7citation items
$2,100current penalties
Jan 4, 2016last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited Constructora Nieves Inc. in Puerto Rico one time.

It opened on Jan 4, 2016 on a referral, in Dorado.

In all, OSHA issued 7 citation items: 5 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $5,250; today they stand at $2,100, 60% less.

The rule cited most here is 1926.451 (scaffolds, general requirements), 5 times.

Among construction employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,079 penalty. Constructora Nieves Inc. averages $2,100 across 1 cited inspection.

Constructora Nieves Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341245934 OPENED JAN 4, 2016Closed

Referral · Complete · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Closed Aug 2, 2016

Dorado Pueblo, Dorado, PR 00646 · Industrial Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$1,050$420Jun 9, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(ii) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$1,050$420Jun 9, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$1,050$420Jun 9, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$1,050$420Jun 9, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1926.451(f)(15) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$1,050$420Jun 9, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1926.454(a) · Scaffold training
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 9, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1926.454(b) · Scaffold training
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 9, 2016Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)

(b) Scaffold platform construction. (1) Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds shall be fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as follows:

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(ii)

(ii) Unstable objects shall not be used to support scaffolds or platform units.

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1)

(1) When scaffold platforms are 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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface shall be used. Crossbraces shall not be used as a means of access.

29 CFR 1926.454 · Scaffold training

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