OSHA Inspection: DEL ROCK BUILDERS, INC.

Issued

2012-11-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Platform(s) on all working levels of scaffolds, were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and guardrail supports such that the space between adjacent units, and the space between the platform and the uprights is no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide.     a. 1461 Route 23 South, Butler, NJ    Welded tubular framed scaffold was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports, thereby exposing employees to fall hazards.    Violation observed on or about October 17, 2012

Issued

2012-11-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(ii): Unstable objects were used to support scaffolds or platform units:    a. 1461 Route 23 South, Butler, NJ.    Welded tubular frame scaffold was erected using cement blocks and scrap 2X6's as a foundation, thereby exposing employees to an unstable work platform and fall hazards.    Violation observed on or about October 17, 2012

Issued

2012-11-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $720.00 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.  Cross braces were used as a means of access.     a. 1461 Route 23 South, Butler, NJ     Employees used welded tubular frame scaffold cross braces as a means of access, thereby exposing employees to fall hazards.    Violation observed on or about October 17, 2012