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David Avila: OSHA inspections and violations

Brownsville, Texas · Masonry Contractors · NAICS 238140

1inspections
3citation items
$14,895current penalties
Nov 20, 2024last inspection

David Avila has one OSHA inspection on record in Texas.

OSHA opened it on Nov 20, 2024, in Brownsville, and the case has not closed yet.

From that inspection OSHA issued 3 citation items: 3 serious.

OSHA proposed $14,895 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.

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. David Avila averages $14,895 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

David Avila: OSHA citation items per year, 2024 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347897100 OPENED NOV 20, 2024Open

Unprogrammed other · Partial · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Open

493 Ruben M. Torres Blvd. Building A, Brownsville, TX 78526 · Masonry Contractors · 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$4,965$4,965May 13, 2025Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$4,965$4,965May 13, 2025Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$4,965$4,965May 13, 2025Final

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(g)(1)

(g) Fall protection. (1) Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level shall be protected from falling to that lower level. Paragraphs (g)(1) (i) through (vii) of this section establish the types of fall protection to be provided to the employees on each type of scaffold. Paragraph (g)(2) of this section addresses fall protection for scaffold erectors and dismantlers.

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1)

(h) Falling object protection. (1) In addition to wearing hardhats each employee on a scaffold shall be provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, or guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects. When the falling objects are too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected by any of the above-listed measures, the employer shall place such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall and shall secure those materials as necessary to prevent their falling.

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