OSHA Inspection: BESTORATION CONTRACTING INC.

Issued

2012-04-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-04-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1980.00 · Current $1188.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a):     Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    location: front of house  on or about: 2/27/12    a) Employees, working below a scaffold loaded with slate shingles, were not provided with hard hats.     NOTE: Because abatement of this violation is already documented in the inspection casefile, the employer need not submit certification or documentation of abatement for this violation as normally required by 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

2012-04-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-04-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(ii):     A toeboard was not erected along the edge of platforms more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower levels for a distance sufficient to protect employees below:  Note:  This requirement does not apply to float (ship) scaffolds where an edging of 3/4 inch x 1 1/2 inch (2 x 4 cm) wood or equivalent was used in lieu of toeboards.      location: front of house  on or about: 2/27/12    a) Employees were working below a scaffold loaded with slate shingles. The scaffold did not have a toeboard.     NOTE: Because abatement of this violation is already documented in the inspection casefile, the employer need not submit certification or documentation of abatement for this violation as normally required by 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

2012-04-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-04-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1980.00 · Current $1188.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2):     Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:      location: front of house  on or about: 2/27/12    a) Employees were performing roofing work from tubular welded frame scaffolding. The scaffold, set up in the grass and soil, had base plates but did not rest on mud sills.     NOTE: Because abatement of this violation is already documented in the inspection casefile, the employer need not submit certification or documentation of abatement for this violation as normally required by 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

2012-04-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4620.00 · Current $2772.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1):     Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:      location: front of house  on or about: 2/27/12    a) Employees, performing roofing work from tubular welded frame scaffolding, were not provided with fall protection. The employees were exposed to a fall between 10'3" and 10'8".    NOTE: Because abatement of this violation is already documented in the inspection casefile, the employer need not submit certification or documentation of abatement for this violation as normally required by 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

2012-04-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a):     The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards:      location: front of house  on or about: 2/27/12    a)  Employees were performing roofing work from tubular welded frame scaffolding. The employees were not provided with scaffold safety training.     NOTE: Because abatement of this violation is already documented in the inspection casefile, the employer need not submit certification or documentation of abatement for this violation as normally required by 29 CFR 1903.19.