OSHA Inspection: RIVERBEND MASONRY

Issued

Aug 9, 2012

Abate by

Aug 10, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 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.    a) Site- employees were not protected from falls of approximately 26 feet where the employer failed to fully plank the working surface of a tubular welded scaffold.

Issued

Aug 9, 2012

Abate by

Aug 10, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(4): Each end of a platform, not cleated or otherwise restrained by hooks or equivalent means, did not extend over the centerline of its support at least 6 inches (15 cm).    a) Site- Employees were not protected from falls of approximately 23 feet when scaffold planks did not extend at least 6 inches over the support.

Issued

Aug 9, 2012

Abate by

Aug 10, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 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, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.     a) Site- employees were not protected from falls of approximately 34 feet when the side rails of a tubular welded scaffold were used to access upper and lower levels.

Issued

Aug 9, 2012

Abate by

Aug 10, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.    a) Site- Employees were not protected from falls of approximately 34 feet while performing painting work from a tubular welded scaffold when fall protection was not used or provided.

Issued

Aug 9, 2012

Abate by

Aug 10, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.    a) Site- Employees using a buildings ledge to move equipment were not protected from falls of approximately 26 feet when fall protection was not used or provided.

Issued

Aug 9, 2012

Abate by

Aug 30, 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) Site- Employees were working from a tubular welded scaffold in which one of the legs was resting on a small piece of wood and not a base plate or mud sill.