OSHA Inspection: HUOT WELDING SERVICE, INC

Issued

Apr 23, 2012

Abate by

Mar 30, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,800 · Current $600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.28(a):     The employer did not require the wearing of appropriate personal protective equipment in all operations where there is an exposure to hazardous conditions:    a) East side of building, on or about 3-30-12:  Employees were working above and below each other while erecting steel and not wearing head protection.

Issued

Apr 23, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,600 · Current $600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1):     Platform(s) on all working levels of scaffolds, were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and guardrail supports such that the space between adjacent units, and the space between the platform and the uprights is no more than 1 inch:    a) East side of building, on or about 3-30-12:  Two employees were working on a scaffold platform that was not fully planked, exposing the employee to a fall hazard of 13 feet.

Issued

Apr 23, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:    a) East side of building, on or about 3-30-12:  Two employees were working on a scaffold platform that did not have base plates under the scaffold legs.

Issued

Apr 23, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) East side of building, on or about 3-30-12:  Employees were accessing a scaffold system that did not have a safe means of access, exposing employees to a fall hazard of 13 feet.

Issued

Apr 23, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii):     Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level:    a) East side of building, on or about 3-30-12:  Two employees were working on a scaffold platform without fall protection, exposing the employee to a fall hazard of 13 feet.

Issued

Apr 23, 2012

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.760(a)(1):     Each employee engaged in a steel erection activity who is on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge more than 15 feet (4.6 m) above a lower level was not protected from fall hazards by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, positioning device systems, or fall restraint systems:      a) East side of building, on or about 3-30-12:  One employee was working on a steel platform without fall protection, exposing the employees to a fall hazard of 17 feet 1 inch.

Issued

Apr 23, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,800 · Current $600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1051(a):     Stairway(s) or ladder(s) were not provided at all personnel points of access where there was a break in elevation of 19 inches (48 cm) or more, or no ramp, runway, sloped embankment, or personnel hoist was provided:    a) East side of building, on or about 3-30-12:  Employees were accessing an upper platform from a lower platform that had a change in elevation of 4 feet 9 inches without the use of a ladder.

Issued

Apr 23, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,800 · Current $600 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 at least one handrail and one stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge:    a) East side of building, on or about 3-30-12:  Employees were accessing a fire escape platform using stairs that were not equipped with stair rails on the open/unprotected sides.