OSHA Inspection: JASON CARNES

Issued

2011-07-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-07-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(17): The attachment point of the body harness shall be located in the center of the wearer's back near shoulder level, or above the wearer's head.    a. Site- Employees working from ladder jack scaffold were exposed to bodily harm where personal fall arrest systems were not worn correctly where employees had their lanyards attached at the waist.

Issued

2011-07-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-07-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer shall provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fallhazards. The program shall enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and shall train each employee in the procedures to be followed inorder to minimize these hazards.    a. Site- Employees wearing personal fall arrest systems were not provided with fall protection training from the employer.

Issued

2011-07-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-07-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(k)(5): Scaffold platforms shall not be bridged one to another.    a. Site- Employees working from ladder jack scaffold were exposed to scaffold collapse hazards where scaffold platforms were bridged over a common ladder in two locations.

Issued

2011-07-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-07-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): When portable ladders are used for access to an upper landing surface, the ladder side rails shall extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder is used to gain access; or, when such an extension is not possible because of the ladder's length, then the ladder shall be secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and a grasping device, such as a grabrail, shall be provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder.  In no case shall the extension be such that ladder deflection under a load would, by itself, cause the ladder to slip off its support.    a. Site- Employees were exposed to a fall hazard where the ladder accessing the ladder jack scaffold did not extend three feet above the landing surface.

Issued

2011-07-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-07-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(9): The area around the top and bottom of ladders shall be kept clear.    a. Site- Employees accessing ladder jack scaffolding were exposed to a fall while climbing up and over the scaffold platform where the top of the ladder was not kept clear.

Issued

2011-07-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-07-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): Such programs shall provide for frequent and regular inspections of the job sites, materials, andequipment to be made by competent persons designated by the employers.    a. Site- The employer did not have a competent person conduct inspections of the jobsite where employees were exposed to fall, struck by, and scaffold collapse hazards.

Issued

2011-07-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-07-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds shall be erected, moved, dismantled, or altered only under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration. Such activities shall be performed only by experienced andtrained employees selected for such work by the competent person.    a. Site- Employees working from ladder jack scaffold were exposed to scaffold collapse hazards where the scaffold was not erected under the supervision of a competent person.