OSHA Inspection: BRAMES, INC.

Issued

Nov 19, 2012

Abate by

Nov 28, 2012

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(9)(iii):  Employees erecting and dismantling tubular welded frame scaffolds (end) frames, were not provided with horizontal members that were parallel, level and 22 inches or less apart vertically to be used as climbing devices for access.    Jobsite:  The horizontal members of the welded frame scaffold end frames, used by the employees erecting the scaffold to access elevated platforms, were greater than 22 inches apart vertically.

Issued

Nov 19, 2012

Abate by

Nov 28, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(2):  The employer did not provide fall protection for employees erecting or dismantling supported scaffolds:    Jobsite:  The employee, erecting the fabricated frame scaffold on the roof of the building, was not protected from the hazard of falling to lower levels.

Issued

Nov 19, 2012

Abate by

Nov 28, 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.    Jobsite:  The employees, fabricating a wood scaffold platform on the lower (porch) roof, were not protected from falling to lower levels

Issued

Nov 19, 2012

Abate by

Jun 1, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7):  Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.    Jobsite:  The tubular welded frame scaffold (TWFS), erected by the employees on the roof, was not performed by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection.

Issued

Nov 19, 2012

Abate by

Jun 1, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 Reduced

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.    Jobsite:  The employees, engaged in job made and tubular welded steel frame scaffold erection, on the lower (porch) roof of the building, were not trained in the recognition of hazards associated with these types of scaffolds or the procedures to control or minimize them.

Issued

Nov 19, 2012

Abate by

Jun 1, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1):  The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:    Jobsite:  The employees, engaged in scaffold erection on the lower (porch) roof of the building and exposed to the hazard of falling, were not trained in the recognition of fall hazards or the procedures necessary to minimize these hazards.

Issued

Nov 19, 2012

Abate by

Jun 1, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a):  The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.    Jobsite:  The employees, accessing the lower (porch) roof of the building via the improperly erected fiberglass extension ladder, were not trained in the recognition of ladder hazards or the procedures necessary to minimize these hazards.

Issued

Nov 19, 2012

Abate by

Nov 26, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1):  Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:    Jobsite:  The siderails of the ladder, used by the employees to access the roof, did not extend at least 3 feet above the roof surface.

Issued

Nov 19, 2012

Abate by

Nov 28, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(8):  Ladders placed in a location where they could be displaced by workplace activities or traffic, such as in passageways, doorways, or driveways, were not secured to prevent accidental displacement, nor was a barricade used to keep the activities or traffic away from the ladder.    Jobsite:  The extension ladder, placed in the middle of the pedestrian stairway and used by the employees to access the roof, was neither secured nor barricaded to prevent displacement of the ladder.