OSHA Inspection: MCMP INC.

Issued

2012-09-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

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, Hyundai Dealership, 352 Pittsburgh Road, Butler, PA: On or before 08/13/12, employees were working on a fabricated frame scaffold installing gypsum board on the side of the building. The employees were exposed to a 17 feet 10 inch fall hazard.

Issued

2012-09-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $720.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(ii): The platform was not planked or decked as fully as possible and the remaining open space between the platform and the uprights exceeded 9.5 inches (24.1 cm):    a)  Jobsite, Hyundai Dealership, 352 Pittsburgh Road, Butler, PA:  On or before 08/13/12, the work platform on a fabricated frame scaffold used by employees to install gypsum board on the side of the building was not fully planked. There was a 28 inch opening in the work platform which exposed the employees to a 17 foot 10 inch fall hazard.

Issued

2012-09-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access:    a) Jobsite, Hyundai Dealership, 352 Pittsburgh Road, Butler, PA: On or before 08/13/12, employees working 4 feet above a point of access on a fabricated frame scaffold were not provided a ladder or other direct access. The Werner extension ladder was not extended to provide direct access for the employees working on the top platform.

Issued

2012-09-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-09-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $720.00 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:    a) Jobsite, Hyundai Dealership, 352 Pittsburgh Road, Butler, PA: On or before 08/13/12, untrained employees were working on a fabricated frame scaffold installing gypsum board on the side of the building. The employees were exposed to a 17 feet 10 inch fall hazard.

Issued

2012-09-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    a)  Jobsite, Hyundai Dealership, 352 Pittsburgh Road, Butler, PA. On or before 08/13/12, employees working below an active work area on a fabricated frame scaffold were not protected by protective helmets.