OSHA Inspection: EAGLE ROCK COMPANY

Issued

Nov 27, 2012

Abate by

Dec 1, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 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 09/05/12, an employee was exposed to a fall from height hazard of approximately 12' 8" to the concrete ground below, while working from a scaffold which was not fully planked as he installed masonry bricks to the exterior of the building.

Issued

Nov 27, 2012

Abate by

Dec 1, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:                                                                                    On or about 09/05/12, an employee was exposed to a fall from height hazard of approximately 12' 8" to the concrete ground below, while working from a scaffold which did not have base plates and mud sills installed as he installed masonry bricks to the exterior of the building.

Issued

Nov 27, 2012

Abate by

Dec 1, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface shall be used. Crossbraces shall not be used as a means of access:    On or about 09/05/12, an employee was exposed to a fall from height hazard of approximately 12' 8" to the concrete ground below, while accessing the work platform of the scaffold, which did not have an access ladder installed or other means to access the work platform, while using the scaffold to install masonry bricks to the exterior of the building.

Issued

Nov 27, 2012

Abate by

Dec 1, 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 09/05/12, an employee was exposed to a fall from height hazard of approximately 12' 8" to the concrete ground below, while working from a scaffold which did not have guardrails installed as he used the scaffold install masonry bricks to the exterior of the building.