OSHA Inspection: DH STUCCO

Issued

2011-07-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-07-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4200.00 · Current $2100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):  On or about July 6, 2011, and at times prior, employees were exposed to fall hazards in excess of 10 feet when working on a scaffold platform that was not fully planked.  A single plank was used bewtween scaffold levels.

Issued

2011-07-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-07-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  a)  On or about July 6, 2011, employees were exposed to fall hazards where the scaffold did not have base plates on three of the inner legs and one outer leg.

Issued

2011-07-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-07-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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)  On or about July 6, 2011, and at times prior, employees were exposed to fall hazards where the scaffold they were working on was not erected under the supervision of a competent person.

Issued

2011-07-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-07-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): Frames and panels were not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which would secure vertical members together laterally:  a) On or about July 6, 2011, and at times prior, employees were exposed to fall hazards where the scaffold was not completely cross braced.

Issued

2011-07-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-07-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question:  a) On or about July 6, 2011, and at times prior, employees erecting and maintaining the scaffold they were working on had not been trained in scaffold erection or to recognize the hazards associated with working on a scaffold.

Issued

2011-07-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-07-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were 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 other scaffold, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used:  a) On or about July 6, 2011, and at times prior, employees were expsosed to fall hazards where a ladder was not provided as a means of access to the woking level of the scaffold.

Issued

2011-07-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-07-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4200.00 · Current $2100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level:  a) On or about July 6, 2011 and at times prior, employees were exposed to fall hazards in excess of 10 feet while working on a scaffold with no guardrails or any other means of fall protection in place.