OSHA Inspection: EIGHT FAIRMOUNT BUILDERS, LLC

Issued

Oct 29, 2012

Abate by

Feb 14, 2013

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $3,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii):     For all scaffolds not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, each employee was not protected by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.    a) Jobsite - 2000 Parrish Street - Employees working on the tubular welded scaffold were exposed to fall hazards of up to approximately 32 feet without the use of a guardrail system or personal fall arrest system.  Employees were working on the 4th and 5th levels of the scaffold on or about 4/30/12.

Issued

Oct 29, 2012

Abate by

Oct 30, 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. Guardrail systems shall be installed before the scaffold is released for use by employees other than erection/dismantling crews.    a) Jobsite - 2000 Parrish Street - Employees working on the tubular welded scaffold were exposed to fall hazards up to  approximately 30 feet as a guardrail system was not installed on the end of the platform.  Employees were working on the outrigger section of the 5th level of the scaffold on or about 4/30/12.

Issued

Oct 29, 2012

Abate by

Oct 30, 2012

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $1,000 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.      a) Jobsite - 2000 Parrish St.- A ladder or other safe means of access was not provided to employees working on the tubular welded scaffold.  Employees were using the side frames and cross bracing to access the working levels. Observed on or about 4/30/12.

Issued

Oct 29, 2012

Abate by

Oct 30, 2012

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $3,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1):       Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as follows:    a) Jobsite - 2000 Parrish Street - The working levels of the 4th & 5th levels of the tubular welded scaffold were not fully planked between the front and rear uprights.  Observed on about 4/30/12.

Issued

Oct 29, 2012

Abate by

Nov 8, 2012

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $2,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a):     The employer did not have each employee who performs 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.    a) Jobsite - 2000 Parrish Street - The employer did not provide each employee performing bricklaying operations with training to recognize the hazards and to understand the procedures to control the hazards associated with scaffolds.  The employees were exposed to multiple hazards including falls, struck-by, and electrical contact while performing their activties.  Observed on or about 4/30/12.

Issued

Oct 29, 2012

Abate by

Oct 30, 2012

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7):     Scaffolds shall be erected, moved, dismantled, or altered only under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration. Such activities shall be performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.     Jobsite - 2000 Parrish Street - The tubular welded scaffold was not erected, moved, or altered under the supervision and direction of a competent person.  Employees were exposed to numerous hazards including falls, being struck-by materials, and electrical contact while performing their work activities. On or about 04/30/2012.

Issued

Oct 29, 2012

Abate by

Nov 3, 2012

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $3,000 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) shall be shall have guying, tying, bracing, or equivalent means, as follows:    a) Jobsite - 2000 Parrish Street - The tubular welded scaffold with a height to base ratio greater than four to one (4:1) was not restrained from tipping or collapse by guying, tying, or bracing.  The scaffold was approximatley 32 feet in height and 5 feet in width.  On or about April 30, 2012

Issued

Oct 29, 2012

Abate by

Oct 30, 2012

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $3,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(6):     The clearance between scaffolds and power lines shall be as follows: Scaffolds shall not be erected, used, dismantled, altered, or moved such that they or any conductive material handled on them might come closer to exposed and energized power lines.     a) Jobsite - 2000 Parrish Street - The clearance between the tubular welded scaffold and the energized power line was less than 10 feet.  An employee contacted an energized line while hoisting a bucket of mortar mix on or about 4/30/12.

Issued

Oct 29, 2012

Abate by

Oct 30, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1):     In addition to wearing hardhats each employee on a scaffold were not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, or guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects. When the falling objects are too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected by any of the above-listed measures, the employer shall place such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall and shall secure those materials as necessary to prevent their falling.    a) Jobsite - 2000 Parrish Street - Employees working on multiple levels of the tubular welded scaffold were exposed to falling tool and material hazards as screens, mesh or toeboards were not utilized.  On or about April 30, 2012.

Issued

Oct 29, 2012

Abate by

Oct 30, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a):     Employees working in areas where there is a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets.    a) Jobsite - 2000 Parrish Street - Employees mixing mortar under and/or around the tubular welded scaffold were exposed to head injuries without the use of protective helmets.  On or about 04/30/12.