OSHA Inspection: DORRIAN MASONRY

Issued

Oct 23, 2012

Abate by

Oct 26, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $3,080

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 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed 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, Hope & Hancock Sts:  On or about June 1, 2012, employees were working from a fabricated frame scaffold applying stucco and were not trained in scaffolding safety.

Issued

Oct 23, 2012

Abate by

Nov 6, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s)    a) Jobsite, Hope & Hancock Sts:  On or about June 1, 2012, employer did not establish a safety program to provide frequent and regular inspections by a competent person for the jobsite, materials and equipment.

Issued

Oct 23, 2012

Abate by

Oct 26, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $3,080

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 $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

Oct 26, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $3,080

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 stucco to a wall from a fabricated frame scaffold approximately 32' above ground level without guys, ties, braces or other equivalent means to prevent tipping, 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(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) Jobsite, Hope & Hancock Sts: Employees applying stucco from a fabricated frame scaffold were using the crossbraces to access the scaffolding platforms, observed on or about June 1, 2012.

Issued

Oct 23, 2012

Abate by

Oct 26, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,640 · Current $2,640

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.