OSHA Inspection: MARTY GALAGHER

Issued

2013-01-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-02-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2520.00 · Current $2520.00

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) 1920 Poplar St Street, Philadelphia, PA - On or about 8/1/12, employees were not provided with a fall protection system while working from a supported tubular welded frame scaffold.  Employees were performing masonry operations approximately 25 feet above ground level.

Issued

2013-01-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-02-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) 1920 Poplar St Street, Philadelphia, PA - On or about 8/1/12, the 2nd and 3rd working platforms on the supported tubular welded frame scaffold were missing planks.  Employees were performing masonry operations approximately 25 feet above ground level.

Issued

2013-01-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-02-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1):     A means of access for scaffold platforms more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, such as 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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.     a) 1920 Poplar St Street, Philadelphia, PA - On or about 8/1/12, a safe means of access was not provided for employees working from the supported tubular welded frame scaffold.  Employees were performing masonry operations approximately 25 feet above ground level, and accessed the scaffold via the rungs on the integral prefabricated access frames.

Issued

2013-01-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-02-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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) 1920 Poplar St Street, Philadelphia, PA - On or about 8/1/12, supported tubular welded frame scaffold, measuring approximately 25 feet in elevation and 5 feet in width, was not restrained from tipping or falling over by guying, tying, bracing, or equivalent means.  Employees were performing masonry operations approximately 25 feet above ground level.

Issued

2013-01-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-02-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(6):     Scaffolds wer erected, used, dismantled, altered, or moved such that they or any conductive material handled on them might come closer than 10 ft to exposed and energized power lines.    a) 1920 Poplar St Street, Philadelphia, PA - On or about 8/1/12, no protective coverings were placed on the triplex wiring that was in close proximity to the supported tubular welded frame scaffold. The employees, were performing masonry operations from the scaffold that was erected approximately 2 feet from the triplex wire.

Issued

2013-01-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-02-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a):     The employer did not have each employee who performed work on a scaffold be 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) 1920 Poplar St Street, Philadelphia, PA - On or about 8/1/12, Marty Galagher did not train their employees to recognize the hazards associated with their work while working from a  supported tubular welded frame scaffold.