OSHA Inspection: HANEY CONTRACTORS, LLC

Issued

Aug 23, 2012

Abate by

Aug 24, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,200 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).    On or about August 9, 2012 and times prior thereto, employees of Haney Contractors, LLC were painting the siding of a two story law firm located at or near 308 E. 8th Street in Little Rock, Arkansas while on a scaffold.  Employees were observed working from the second and third tier platforms of the scaffold which were not fully planked, exposing the employees to falling distances of greater than 12 feet.

Issued

Aug 23, 2012

Abate by

Aug 24, 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.  Cross braces were used as a means of access.    On or about August 8, 2012 and times prior thereto, employees of Haney Contractors, LLC were working from a scaffold to paint the siding of a two story law firm located at or near 308 E. 8th Street in Little Rock, Arkansas.  An employee was observed accessing the third tier of the scaffolding by climbing on the scaffold structural members and cross bracing, exposing the employee to falling hazards of greater than 12 feet to the ground level below.

Issued

Aug 23, 2012

Abate by

Aug 24, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.    On or about August 9, 2012 and times prior thereto, employees of Haney Contractors, LLC worked from a three (3) tier scaffold to paint the siding of a two story law firm located at or near 308 E. 8th Street in Little Rock, Arkansas.  The scaffolding had been erected by the On-Site Supervisor who had no training or knowledge of scaffold requirements.

Issued

Aug 23, 2012

Abate by

Aug 24, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.    On or about August 8, 2012 and times prior thereto, employees of Haney Contractors, LLC worked from a scaffold to paint the siding of a two story law firm located at or near 308 E. 8th Street in Little Rock, Arkansas.  Employees were observed working from the second and third tier platforms of the scaffold without the use of guard railing or other means of fall protection, exposing the employees to a falling distance of greater than 12 feet.