OSHA Inspection: US CONSTRUCTION

Issued

Oct 23, 2012

Abate by

Nov 6, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $780 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.25(a): During the course of construction, alteration, or repairs, debris was not kept cleared from work areas, passageways, and stairs, in and around buildings or other structures:    a) Jobsite, Hope & Hancock Sts:  Employer did not keep the work area clear of debris.  Various tools, scrap, wood and various other construction debris were located throughout the working area, limiting travel and exposing employees to tripping hazards, observed on or about June 1, 2012.

Issued

Oct 23, 2012

Abate by

Oct 26, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,820 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)    a) Jobsite, Hope & Hancock Sts, Philadelphia, PA:  Employees were applying stucco to the wall of the building from the 5th working level of a fabricated frame scaffolding platform that was not fully planked or decked, observed on or about June 1, 2012.

Issued

Oct 23, 2012

Abate by

Oct 26, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,820 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) were not restrained from tipping by guying, tying, bracing, or equivalent means, as set forth in subparagraphs (i) - (iii) of this paragraph.    a) Jobsite, Hope & Hancock Sts: Employees were applying mortar to a wall from a fabricated frame scaffold approximately 32' above ground level without guys, ties or braces to prevent tipping or collapse, observed on or about June 1, 2012.

Issued

Oct 23, 2012

Abate by

Oct 26, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,820 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.    a) Jobsite, Hope & Hancock Sts:  Employees were not protected from fall hazards of up to approximately 32' above ground level while working from a fabricated frame scaffold, observed on or about June 1, 2012.

Issued

Oct 23, 2012

Abate by

Oct 26, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(14):     Makeshift devices, such as but not limited to boxes and barrels, were used on top of scaffold platforms to increase the working level height of employees:    a) Jobsite, Hope & Hancock Sts: Employees were observed using a 5 gallon plastic bucket to increase the working level height on the 5th working level of a fabricated frame scaffold, observed on or about June 1, 2012

Issued

Oct 23, 2012

Abate by

Nov 6, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $780 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(a)(7): Slippery conditions on stairways were not eliminated before the stairways were used:    a) Jobsite, Hope & Hancock Sts: Slippery conditions on stairways were not eliminated. Interior stairways were covered with plastic material that was causing a slipping condition to employees that use the stairway to access to upper floors of the structure, observed on or about June 1, 2012.

Issued

Oct 23, 2012

Abate by

Nov 6, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)(i): 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:    a) Jobsite, Hope & Hancock Sts:  Stairways leading into the structure used for employee access were not equipped with at least one handrail, observed on or about June 1, 2012.

Issued

Oct 23, 2012

Abate by

Nov 6, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,560 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Because of the portable ladder's length, the ladder side rails did not extend to at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access and the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and a grasping device, such as a grabrail, was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder.    a) Jobsite, Hope & Hancock Sts:  Employees were using an 8ft portable ladder to gain access to the roof through an open roof hatch and the portable ladder was not long enough for safe mounting and dismouting and it was not supported or equipped with a grasping device. The distance between the top of the ladder and the bottom of the hatch was approximately 3ft, observed on or about June 1, 2012.