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Rafael Lopez: OSHA inspections and violations

Destrehan, Louisiana · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · NAICS 236220

1inspections
4citation items
$3,862current penalties
Nov 17, 2021last inspection

OSHA has inspected Rafael Lopez once in Louisiana.

The inspection began on Nov 17, 2021 as a planned inspection, in Destrehan.

That inspection ended with 4 citation items: 3 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $6,437 and now stand at $3,862, 40% 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 $3,080, and Rafael Lopez averages $3,862 (1 cited inspection).

Rafael Lopez: OSHA citation items per year, 2021 to 2021
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345650766 OPENED NOV 17, 2021Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Feb 16, 2023

12589 E Airline Hwy, Destrehan, LA 70047 · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(7) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$2,341$1,405Jan 6, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$2,341$1,405Jan 6, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$1,755$1,053Jan 6, 2022Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1926.454(a) · Scaffold training
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 6, 2022Final

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)(7)

(7) On scaffolds where platforms are overlapped to create a long platform, the overlap shall occur only over supports, and shall not be less than 12 inches (30 cm) unless the platforms are nailed together or otherwise restrained to prevent movement.

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.

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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