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Gerardo Rivera: OSHA inspections and violations

Lake Charles, Louisiana · New Multifamily Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) · NAICS 236116

1inspections
4citation items
$2,720current penalties
Jun 4, 2015last inspection

OSHA has inspected Gerardo Rivera once in Louisiana.

The inspection began on Jun 4, 2015 after a complaint, in Lake Charles.

That inspection ended with 4 citation items: 4 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $6,800 and now stand at $2,720, 60% lower after settlements or reviews.

Scaffolds, general requirements comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1926.451.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,079, and Gerardo Rivera averages $2,720 (1 cited inspection).

Gerardo Rivera: OSHA citation items per year, 2015 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 340687342 OPENED JUN 4, 2015Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 6 employees at the site · Closed Jul 6, 2016

155 Dr. Michael Debakey, Lake Charles, LA 70601 · New Multifamily Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1) · Eye and face protection in construction
 Serious$1,600$640Aug 21, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$2,000$800Aug 21, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$2,000$800Aug 21, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$1,200$480Aug 21, 2015Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.102 · Eye and face protection in construction

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1)

(a) General. (1) The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.

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)

(2) Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights shall bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation.

Other new multifamily housing construction (except for-sale builders) employers in Louisiana

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