OSHA Inspection: KME EXTERIORS, LLC

Issued

Oct 3, 2012

Abate by

Oct 25, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $1,320 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, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.    a) Scaffold, 803-809 Clifton Avenue, Lakewood NJ : Employees working on pump-jack scaffolds did not have proper access/egress to its walking/working surface.  Condition observed on or about 8/9/12.

Issued

Oct 3, 2012

Abate by

Oct 25, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $1,320 Reduced

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.    a) Scaffold, 803-809 Clifton Avenue, Lakewood NJ : Employees were working on pump-jack scaffolds which did not have end-stops and contained no midrail screens exposing them to falls of approximately 17 feet to the ground surface below.  Condition observed on or about 8/9/12.

Issued

Oct 3, 2012

Abate by

Oct 25, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $1,320 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) Scaffold, 803-809 Clifton Avenue, Lakewood NJ : Employees were working on pump-jack scaffolds and were not trained by the employer in the recognition and avoidance of hazards associated with scaffolds.  Condition noted on or about 8/9/12.