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Joel Alvarez: OSHA inspections and violations

Brownsville, Texas · New Single-Family Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) · NAICS 236115

1inspections
4citation items
$3,200current penalties
Apr 24, 2018last inspection

Joel Alvarez has one OSHA inspection on record in Texas.

OSHA opened it on Apr 24, 2018 as a planned inspection, in Brownsville.

From that inspection OSHA issued 4 citation items: 4 serious.

OSHA proposed $7,760 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $3,200, down 59%.

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 $3,080. Joel Alvarez averages $3,200 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Joel Alvarez: OSHA citation items per year, 2018 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343113296 OPENED APR 24, 2018Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Sep 13, 2023

5563 Rawhide Drive, Brownsville, TX 78520 · New Single-Family Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$3,880$1,600Sep 18, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(i) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$0$0Sep 18, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$0$0Sep 18, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13) · Fall protection in construction
 Serious$3,880$1,600Sep 18, 2018Final

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)(2)

(2) Except as provided in paragraphs (b)(2)(i) and (b)(2)(ii) of this section, each scaffold platform and walkway shall be at least 18 inches (46 cm) wide.

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(i)

(i) Footings shall be level, sound, rigid, and capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement.

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 1926.501 · Fall protection in construction

Other new single-family housing construction (except for-sale builders) employers in Texas

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