OSHA Inspection: VAN DENAVOND MASONRY INC

Issued

Jun 6, 2012

Abate by

Jul 5, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,800 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(i):     Each platform unit (e.g., scaffold plank, fabricated plank, fabricated deck, or fabricated platform) was not installed so that the space between adjacent units and the space between the platform and the uprights were no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, except where the employer can demonstrate that a wider space is necessary:      a)  On 03-20-12, employees were working from a scaffold platform at a height greater than twenty (20) feet above compacted surface with holes greater than one (1) inch between the five top platform planks along the buildings west side.    b)  On 03-20-12, employees were working from a scaffold platform at a height greater than twenty (20) feet above compacted surface with holes greater than one (1) inch between the five top platform planks along the buildings north side.      Abatement Certification or Abatement Documentation required

Issued

Jun 6, 2012

Abate by

Jul 5, 2012

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2):     Except as provided in paragraphs (b)(2)(i) and (b)(2)(ii) of this section, each scaffold platform and/or walkway was not at least 18 inches (46 cm) wide:      On 03-20-12, employees were walking on a wood scaffold plank 9.5 inches W x 16 feet L at a height greater than eleven (11) feet above compacted surface as part of an access/egress route to the top platform.      Abatement Certification or Abatement Documentation required

Issued

Jun 6, 2012

Abate by

Jul 5, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(5)(i):     Ramps and walkways 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels did not have guardrail systems that comply with subpart M of this part -- Fall Protection:    On 03-20-12, employees were walking on a wood scaffold plank 9.5 inches W x 16 feet L at a height greater than eleven (11) feet above compacted surface as part of an access/egress route to the top platform without utilizing any fall protection equipment.      Abatement Certification or Abatement Documentation required

Issued

Jun 6, 2012

Abate by

Jul 5, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i):     Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms:      On 03-20-12, employees were working from a scaffold, bracket, cantilevered surface at a height greater than twenty (20) feet above compacted surface without a guardrail installed on the end near the access point.    Abatement Certification or Abatement Documentation required

Issued

Jun 6, 2012

Abate by

Jul 5, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(vii):     Each toprail or equivalent member of a guardrail system was not capable of withstanding, without failure, a force applied in any downward or horizontal direction at any point along its top edge of at least 100 pounds (445 n) for guardrail systems installed on single-point adjustable suspension scaffolds or two-point adjustable suspension scaffolds, and at least 200 pounds (890 n) for guardrail systems installed on all other scaffolds:      On 03-20-12, employees who were working from a scaffold platform at a height greater than twenty (20) feet above compacted surface were using a guardrail system with a top rail which moved greater than two (2) inches horizontally when touched.      Abatement Certification or Abatement Documentation required

Issued

Jun 6, 2012

Abate by

Jul 5, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(ix):     Midrails, screens, mesh, intermediate vertical members, solid panels, and equivalent structural members of a guardrail system were not capable of withstanding, without failure, a force applied in any downward or horizontal direction at any point along the midrail or other member of at least 75 pounds (333 n) for guardrail systems with a minimum 100 pound toprail capacity, and at least 150 pounds (666 n) for guardrail systems with a minimum 200 pound toprail capacity:      On 03-20-12, employees who were working from a scaffold platform at a height greater than twenty (20) feet above compacted surface were using loose midrails which moved more than two (2) inches horizontally when touched.      Abatement Certification or Abatement Documentation required

Issued

Jun 6, 2012

Abate by

Jul 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b)(2):     The employer did not have each employee trained by a competent person in the procedures for erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, inspecting, and maintaining the type of scaffold in question:      On 03-20-12, employees who erected Tube and Weld, Walk-Through Masonry scaffold did not recognized the fall hazards associated with assembling scaffold for use without properly installed guardrail systems, platforms and walkways, and guy, ties, and/or bracing.      Abatement Certification or Abatement Documentation required

Issued

Jun 6, 2012

Abate by

Jul 5, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(8):     At all points of a scaffold where the platform changes direction, such as turning a corner, the platform that rests on a bearer at an angle other than a right angle was not laid first, and platforms which rest at right angles over the same bearer were not laid second, on top of the first platform:      On 03-20-12, employees were walking/working from a scaffold platform along a building's west side, around a corner, and to the north side with the right angled planks on the building's west side installed first on a scaffold bearer and the planks angled around the corner laid over the top at the same bearer.      Abatement Certification or Abatement Documentation required

Issued

Jun 6, 2012

Abate by

Jul 5, 2012

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1)(ii):     Guys, ties, and/or braces were not installed according to the scaffold manufacturer's recommendations or at the closest horizontal member to the 4:1 height and repeated vertically at locations of horizontal members every 20 feet (56.1 m) or less thereafter for scaffolds 3 feet ((0.91 m) wide or less, and every 26 feet (7.9 m) or less therafter for scaffolds greater than 3 feet (0.91m) wide:      On 03-20-12, employees were walking/working from a scaffold platform at a height greater than twenty (20) feet above compacted surface without installing any guys, ties, and/or braces.      Abatement Certification or Abatement Documentation required

Issued

Jun 6, 2012

Abate by

Jul 5, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(5)(iii):     Brackets supporting cantilevered loads were not used only to support personnel, unless the scaffold has been designed for other loads by a qualified engineer and built to withstand the tipping forces caused by those other loads being placed on the bracket-supported section of the scaffold:      On 03-20-12, employees who were working from the top platform of a scaffold were utilizing brackets and planking to stage materials off the west side of the top platform.      Abatement Certification or Abatement Documentation required

Issued

Jun 6, 2012

Abate by

Jul 5, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $1,800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(i):     The area below the scaffold was not barricaded, and employees were not prohibited from entering the hazard area:      On 03-20-12, Employees who were utilizing brackets with a cantilevered work surface off the top platform of a scaffold did not barricade the area below to stop employees from walking under the load.      Abatement Certification or Abatement Documentation required