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Gilberto Suarez Miranda: OSHA inspections and violations

Caguas, Puerto Rico · Painting and Wall Covering Contractors · NAICS 238320

1inspections
8citation items
$8,400current penalties
Jul 5, 2017last inspection

OSHA has inspected Gilberto Suarez Miranda once in Puerto Rico.

The inspection began on Jul 5, 2017 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Caguas.

That inspection ended with 8 citation items: 8 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $16,800 and now stand at $8,400, 50% lower after settlements or reviews.

Scaffolds, general requirements comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1926.451.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Gilberto Suarez Miranda averages $8,400 (1 cited inspection).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Gilberto Suarez Miranda: OSHA citation items per year, 2017 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342453735 OPENED JUL 5, 2017Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Feb 6, 2018

Urb Bairoa Ave Eugenio Maria De Hostos Y Calle 11, Caguas, PR 00725 · Painting and Wall Covering Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jul 4, 2017 (fatal): Employee is crushed and killed by rough terrain forklift

On July 4, 2017, an employee was being elevated on an improvised scaffold platform by a rough terrain forklift. The operator of the forklift continued elevating the boom and the employee was crushed against a wall and killed.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$2,100$1,050Dec 22, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(i) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$2,100$1,050Dec 22, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(iv) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$2,100$1,050Dec 22, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$2,100$1,050Dec 22, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$2,100$1,050Dec 22, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1926.454(a) · Scaffold training
 Serious$2,100$1,050Dec 22, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 7
29 CFR 1926.602(c)(1)(viii)(a) · Earthmovers and forklifts in construction
 Serious$2,100$1,050Dec 22, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 8
29 CFR 1926.602(c)(1)(viii)(b) · Earthmovers and forklifts in construction
 Serious$2,100$1,050Dec 22, 2017Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6)

(6) Certification. The employer shall certify that each operator has been trained and evaluated as required by this paragraph (l). The certification shall include the name of the operator, the date of the training, the date of the evaluation, and the identity of the person(s) performing the training or evaluation.

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(i)

(i) Each platform unit (e.g., scaffold plank, fabricated plank, fabricated deck, or fabricated platform) shall be installed so that the space between adjacent units and the space between the platform and the uprights is no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, except where the employer can demonstrate that a wider space is necessary (for example, to fit around uprights when side brackets are used to extend the width of the platform).

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

29 CFR 1926.602 · Earthmovers and forklifts in construction

Other painting and wall covering contractors employers in Puerto Rico

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