OSHA Inspection: FREDERICK A. MEYER III & SONS, INC.

Issued

Dec 21, 2012

Abate by

Jan 2, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(b)(1):  Unused openings in cabinets, boxes, and fittings were not effectively closed:     Jobsite:  Two circuit breaker twist out openings, in the temporary panel, were not effectively closed/sealed.

Issued

Dec 21, 2012

Abate by

Jan 2, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(6): Integral prefabricated scaffold access frames did not meet the requirements of paragraphs (e)(6)(i)-(vi) of this section:     Jobsite:  The end frames of the fabricated frame scaffold, used by the employees to access the elevated platforms, did not meet OSHA requirements for climbing.

Issued

Dec 21, 2012

Abate by

Jan 2, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $3,080

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)    Jobsite:  The elevated platform of the fabricated frame scaffold, used by the employees building a concrete block wall, was not fully planked.

Issued

Dec 21, 2012

Abate by

Jan 2, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $0 Reduced

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:      Jobsite:  The upright legs of the fabricated frame scaffold, used by the employees to erect a block wall, did not bear on a firm foundation.

Issued

Dec 21, 2012

Abate by

Jan 2, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · 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.       Jobsite:  The employees, accessing the elevated platforms of the fabricated frame scaffold, were not provided with a proper means of access.

Issued

Dec 21, 2012

Abate by

Jan 2, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $2,000 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.     Jobsite:  The employees, working on the elevated platforms of the fabricated frame scaffolds, were not protected from the hazard of falling to lower levels.

Issued

Dec 21, 2012

Abate by

Jan 2, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $1,540 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(ii):  A toe board was not erected along the edge of platforms more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower levels for a distance sufficient to protect employees below:      Jobsite:  The employees, working in and around the areas beneath the elevated platforms of the fabricated frame scaffold, were not protected from falling objects by toe boards erected along the edges of the platforms.

Issued

Dec 21, 2012

Abate by

Jan 2, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(ii):  Where tools, materials or equipment  were piled higher than top edge of the toe board, paneling or screens were not erected from the top of the toe board or platform to the top of the guardrail.      Jobsite:  The employees, working in and around the areas beneath the elevated platforms of the fabricated frame scaffolds, were not protected from objects, piled higher than toe board height, from falling on them.

Issued

Dec 21, 2012

Abate by

Jan 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,320 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(c):  The employer had reason to believe that an employee lacked the skill or understanding needed for safe work involving the erection, use or dismantling of scaffolds, and the employer did not retrain such employee so that the requisite proficiency was regained:    Jobsite:  The employees, exposed to various scaffold hazards while working on, under and around the elevated platforms of the fabricated frame scaffolds, were not retrained to recognize the hazards related to scaffolds or the procedures to control or minimize them.

Issued

Dec 21, 2012

Abate by

Jan 2, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.701(b):  All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and/or into which employees could fall or come against, was not guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement:     Jobsite:  The employees, working on the scaffold above and in the vicinity of the protruding rebar, were not adequately protected from impalement hazards.