OSHA Inspection: ROLAND C SMITH

Issued

Jul 31, 2012

Abate by

Aug 1, 2012

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1): Supported scaffolds with a height to base width (including outrigger supports, if used) ratio of more than four to one (4:1) were not restrained from tipping by guying, tying, bracing, or equivalent means, as set forth in subparagraphs (i) - (iii) of this paragraph:    a. Site- Employees working from and around tubular welded frame scaffolding were exposed to fall and struck by hazards where a scaffold exceeded a height to base width ration of four to one and was not restrained from tipping.

Issued

Jul 31, 2012

Abate by

Aug 1, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(i): Footings were not level, sound, rigid, and capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement:    a. Site- Employees working from tubular welded frame scaffolding were not protected from scaffold collapse where the scaffold frames were set on damaged mudsills and did not bear the entire surface area of the base plates.

Issued

Jul 31, 2012

Abate by

Aug 14, 2012

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:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.    a. Site- Employees were not protected from fall and struck by hazards where a competent person did not supervise the erection and moving of tubular welded frame scaffolds. Scaffolds were erected on unsound mudsills, without adequate guard rail protection, without adequate scaffold access, were not guyed or braced as required, and scaffolds which were already assembled were moved around by a forklift being operated by an untrained forklift operator who was unaware of the capacity of the forklift and the weight of the load during the moving of the scaffolds.

Issued

Jul 31, 2012

Abate by

Aug 1, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $0 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.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.    a. Site- Employees working from a tubular welded frame scaffold were not protected from falls where there was no adequate access to the work platforms provided requiring employees to climb the scaffold frames.

Issued

Jul 31, 2012

Abate by

Aug 14, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $2,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:    Site- Employees working from a tubular welded frame scaffold were not protected from falls and struck by hazards where a competent person did not inspect each scaffold prior to each work shift.

Issued

Jul 31, 2012

Abate by

Aug 1, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level:    a. Site- Employees working from tubular welded scaffolding were not protected from falls of approximately 14 feet where fall protection was not used or provided.

Issued

Jul 31, 2012

Abate by

Aug 14, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.602(d): The employer did not certify that each operator had been trained and evaluated as required by paragraph 29 CFR 1910.178(l):    a. Site- Employees operating a Lull 944E-42 rough terrain forklift were not provided with operator training.