OSHA Inspection: PRESTIGE CONSTRUCTION, CO.

Issued

2012-04-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4620.00 · Current $4620.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds shall be fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as follows:    a.  On or about December 29, 2011, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee was exposed to a fall while performing plastering operations from a tubular welded frame scaffold, approximately twenty-one (21) feet above the ground, that did not have the working level fully planked.

Issued

2012-04-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4620.00 · Current $4620.00

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 shall be used. Cross braces shall not be used as a means of access.    a.  On or about December 29, 2011, at the above addressed jobsite, employees conducting plastering operations from a tubular welded framed scaffold, approximately twenty-one (21) feet above the ground, were not provided with an access ladder, thereby exposing the employees to falls

Issued

2012-04-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3300.00 · Current $3300.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(xv): Crossbracing is acceptable in place of a midrail when the crossing point of two braces isbetween 20 inches (0.5 m) and 30 inches (0.8 m) above the work platform or as a toprail when the crossing point of two braces is between 38 inches(0.97 m) and 48 inches (1.3 m) above the work platform. The end points at each upright shall be no more than 48 inches (1.3 m) apart.    a.  On or about December 29, 2011, at the above addressed jobsite, employees conducting plastering operations from a tubular welded framed scaffold, approximately twenty-one (21) feet above the ground, were not provided with a toprail.  The crossing point of the crossbracing was less than (<) thirty-eight (38) inches, thereby exposing the employees to falls.

Issued

2012-04-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3300.00 · Current $3300.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a): Basic requirement. Within eight (8) hours after the death of any employee from a work-related incident or the in-patient hospitalization of three or more employees as a result of a work-related incident, you must orally report the fatality/multiple hospitalization by telephone or in person to the Area Office of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Department of Labor, that is nearest to the site of the incident. You may also use the OSHA toll-free central telephone number, 1-800-321-OSHA (1-800-321-6742).    a.  On or about December 31, 2011, an employee died as a result of a work related incident which occurred on December 29, 2011.  The employer failed to report the death of the employee to the Occupational Safety and Health Administrations (OSHA).