OSHA Inspection: LSP CONSTRUCTION CO.

Issued

2011-12-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-12-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2040.00 · Current $1469.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1):  Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports:    (a) Near the east interior wall on or about October 26, 2011, the platform was not fully planked as there was one 20 inch wide board on the 46 inch wide a tubular welded frame mobile scaffold platform.  The plank was about 6 feet, 2 inches above the concrete floor.  Employees were on the scaffold to grind down high spots on the concrete wall.    (b) On the mezzanine near the north end of the building on or about October 26, 2011, the platform was not fully planked as there was one 20 inch wide board on the 46 inch wide tubular welded frame mobile scaffold.  The plank was about 6 feet, 2 inches above the concrete floor.  Employees used the scaffold to install electrical boxes on the ceiling.    (c) Near the west interior wall on or about October 26, 2011, the platform was not fully planked as there was one 20 inch wide board on the 46 inch wide tubular welded frame mobile scaffold.  The plank was about 14 feet, 8 inches above the concrete floor.

Issued

2011-12-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-12-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2040.00 · Current $1469.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(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 were not used:    (a) Near the east interior wall on or about October 26, 2011, safe access was not provided for a tubular welded frame mobile scaffold platform about 6 feet, 2 inches above the concrete floor.  Employees were on the scaffold to grind down high spots on the concrete wall and climbed the scaffold's end frames to access the platform.    (b) On the mezzanine near the north end of the building on or about October 26, 2011, safe access was not provided for a tubular welded frame mobile scaffold platform about 6 feet, 2 inches above the concrete floor.  Employees were on the scaffold to install electrical boxes on the ceiling and climbed the scaffold's end frames to access the platform.    (c) Near the west interior wall on or about October 26, 2011, safe access was not provided for a tubular welded frame mobile scaffold platform about 14 feet, 8 inches above the concrete floor.  Employees climbed the scaffold's end frames to access the platform.

Issued

2011-12-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-12-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2040.00 · Current $1469.00 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) Near the west interior wall on or about October 26, 2011, employees were not protected from falling as there was no top rail or other means of fall protection for the platform on a tubular welded frame mobile scaffold.  The platform was about 14 feet, 8 inches above the concrete floor.  There was a mid-rail about 24 inches above the platform.

Issued

2011-12-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-12-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1530.00 · Current $1102.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(w)(2); Scaffold casters and wheels shalll be locked with positive wheel and/or wheel and swivel locks, or equivalent means, to prevent movement of the scaffold while the scaffold is used in a stationary manner:    (a) Near the east interior wall on or about October 26, 2011, all four wheels were not locked on a tubular welded frame mobile scaffold.  The platform was about 6 feet, 2 inches above the concrete floor.  Employees were on the scaffold to grind down high spots on the concrete wall.

Issued

2011-12-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-12-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1530.00 · Current $1102.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface (horizontal and vertical surface) with an unprotected side or edge which is 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not be protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:    (a) On the south side of the mezzanine near the north end of the building on or about October 26, 2011, and at times prior thereto, there was no fall protection.  Employees accessed scaffold platforms near the south side edge of the mezzanine.  It was about 9 feet, 8 inches from the mezzanine to the concrete floor below.

Issued

2011-12-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-12-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1530.00 · Current $1102.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)(ii): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with one stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge:    (a) Near the north side of the building on or about October 26, 2011, and at times prior thereto, there was no stairrail system along the unprotected side.  There were 10 risers to a platform and 4 risers to the mezzanine.  Each riser was 10 inches high.

Issued

2011-12-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-12-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.95(a): Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, were not provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it is necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact.    (a) At the north side of the project on or about October 26, 2011, and at times prior thereto, eye and hand protection was not used while applying a finish coat of Portland cement to the exterior wall.  In addition, some employees used gloves with a latex palm side and a fabric back side instead of gloves made of nitrile or bytul.