OSHA Inspection: AM RABICKI, INC.

Issued

2011-08-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-08-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $2400.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:    a)  Employees were not wearing protective helmets where there was a possible danger of head injury from falling objects.    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

2011-08-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $2400.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(1):  Power operated tool(s), designed to accommodate guards, were not equipped with such guards when in use:    a)  Employees were using unguarded Bosch grinder while performing masonry tuckpointing work.      No abatement certification or documentation is required for this item.

Issued

2011-08-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-08-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $3000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(d)(16): The suspension scaffold power-operated hoist or manually operated hoist did not have, in addition to the normal operating brake, a braking device or locking pawl which engages automatically when a hoist makes either of the following uncontrolled movements: an instantaneous change in momentum or an accelerated overspeed.    a)  Employees were working from a two-point adjustable suspension scaffold which did not have a breaking device or locking pawl.     In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

2011-08-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-08-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(d)(17):  Manually operated hoists did not have a positive crank force to descend:    a)  Employees were working from a two-point adjustable suspension scaffold where the manually operated hoist did not have a positive crank force to descend.    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

2011-08-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-08-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $3000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(3)(i): Vertical lifelines were not fastened to a fixed safe point of anchorage, independent of the scaffold, and protected from sharp edges and abrasion:    a)  Vertical lifelines that were used by employees working from two-point adjustable suspension scaffold were not independent of the scaffolding system.  Lifelines were not protected from abrasion and sharp edges of the parapet wall.      In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

2011-08-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-08-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $2400.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(iii): Midrails, screens, mesh or equivalent structural members shall be installed between the top edge of the guardrail system and the scaffold platform:    a)  Employees were working from a two-point suspension scaffold platform without the midrail installed between the top edge of the guardrail system and the scaffold platform.     In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).