OSHA Inspection: JACOB STANLEY

Issued

Jul 8, 2011

Abate by

Jul 11, 2011

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s)    a. Site- Employees were exposed to fall, scaffold collapse, head, and eye hazards where a competent person did not conduct frequent and regular inspections of the jobsite.

Issued

Jul 8, 2011

Abate by

Jul 11, 2011

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:    a. Site- Employees were exposed to fall and scaffold collapse hazards where a competent person did not supervise the erection of ladder jack scaffolding on site.

Issued

Jul 8, 2011

Abate by

Jul 22, 2011

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.    a. Site- Employees working from ladder jack scaffolding were not provided with scaffold training from the employer.

Issued

Jul 8, 2011

Abate by

Jul 22, 2011

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:    a. Site- Employees working from the roof and exposed to falls were not provided with fall protection training from the employer.

Issued

Jul 8, 2011

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    a. site- Employees working below ladder jack scaffolding were exposed to over head struck by hazards where head protection was not used or provided.

Issued

Jul 8, 2011

Abate by

Jul 11, 2011

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.    a. Site- Employees operating pneumatic nail guns were exposed to eye hazards where eye protection was not used or provided.

Issued

Jul 8, 2011

Abate by

Jul 11, 2011

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(1): Scaffold and/or scaffold components were loaded in excess of their maximum intended loads or rated capacities, whichever was less:    a. Site- Employees were exposed to scaffold collapse hazards where extension ladders and scaffold platforms as part of a ladder jack scaffold were loaded beyond their rated capacities.

Issued

Jul 8, 2011

Abate by

Jul 11, 2011

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(k)(5): Scaffold platforms were bridged on to another.    a. Site- Employees were exposed to scaffold collapse hazards where ladder jack scaffolding utilized metal scaffold platforms that were bridged over a common ladder.

Issued

Jul 8, 2011

Abate by

Jul 11, 2011

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold was not protected by a personal fall arrest system:    a. Site- Employees working from a ladder jack scaffold were exposed to a fall of approximately 18 feet where fall protection was not used or provided.

Issued

Jul 8, 2011

Abate by

Jul 11, 2011

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(11): Each employee on a steep roof with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was not protected from falling by guardrail systems with toeboards, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:    a. Site- An employee working from an 8 pitch roof was exposed to a fall of approximately 18 feet where fall protection was not used or provided.

Issued

Jul 8, 2011

Abate by

Jul 11, 2011

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:    a. Site- Employees accessing a ladder jack scaffold were exposed to a fall hazard where the access ladder did not extend three feet above the landing surface.

Issued

Jul 8, 2011

Abate by

Jul 11, 2011

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(9): The area around the top and bottom of ladders was not kept clear:    a. Site- Employees accessing a ladder jack scaffold were exposed to a fall hazard where they were climbing over a scaffold platform to access a ladder that was supporting the scaffold.