OSHA Inspection: SUPREME CEILING & INTERIORS, INC

Issued

Aug 28, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,360 · Current $816 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 specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):    On or about 5/17/12, workers were working on a scaffold approximately 10' above ground level where the working levels of the scaffold were not fully planked.

Issued

Aug 28, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $960 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:    On or about 5/17/12, workers were working on a scaffold approximately 10' above ground level that did not have a means of egress to and from the scaffold.

Issued

Aug 28, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,360 · Current $816 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section:      On or about, 5/17/12, workers were working on a two tier scaffold approximately 10' above the ground level, whereas the scaffold was not erected with guardrails.