OSHA Inspection: GULF COAST SERVICES, LLC

Issued

2013-03-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $1000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(3)(i): When vertical lifelines are used, they were not fastened to a fix safe point of anchorage and were not protected from sharp edges and abrasion:    a) Suspended scaffolding system used on the east side of the building: On October 25, 2012 and at times prior there to, the synthetic ropes used for vertical lifelines were secured to the HVAC mounting systems using hand-tied knots which exposed employees to falls up to 84-feet to the ground below.  	  b) Suspended scaffolding system used on the east side of the building: On October 25, 2012 and at times prior there to, the synthetic ropes used for vertical lifelines were not protected from the edges of the angle iron HVAC mounting systems used as anchorage points which exposed employees to falls up to 84-feet to the ground below.    c) Suspended scaffolding system used on the east side of the building: On October 25, 2012 and at times prior there to, the synthetic ropes used for vertical lifelines not protected from the edge of the parapet walls and/or edges of the overlapping sections of sheet metal covering the parapet walls which exposed employees to falls up to 84-feet to the ground below.    d) Northern suspended scaffolding system used on the west side of the building: On October 25, 2012 and at times prior there to, the synthetic ropes used for vertical lifelines were secured to the HVAC mounting systems using hand-tied knots which exposed employees to falls up to 84-feet to the ground below.    e) Northern suspended scaffolding system used on the west side of the building: On October 25, 2012 and at times prior there to, the synthetic ropes used for vertical lifelines were not protected from the edges of the angle iron HVAC mounting systems used as anchorage points which exposed employees to falls up to 84-feet to the ground below.    f) Northern suspended scaffolding system used on the west side of the building: On October 25, 2012 and at times prior there to, the synthetic ropes used for vertical lifelines not protected from the edge of the parapet walls and/or edges of the overlapping sections of sheet metal covering the parapet walls which exposed employees to falls up to 84-feet to the ground below.    g) Southern suspended scaffolding system used on the west side of the building: On October 25, 2012 and at times prior there to, the synthetic ropes used for vertical lifelines were secured to the HVAC mounting systems using hand-tied knots which exposed employees to falls up to 84-feet to the ground below.    h) Southern suspended scaffolding system used on the west side of the building: On October 25, 2012 and at times prior there to, the synthetic ropes used for vertical lifelines were not protected from the edges of the angle iron HVAC mounting systems used as anchorage points which exposed employees to falls up to 84-feet to the ground below.    i) Southern suspended scaffolding system used on the west side of the building: On October 25, 2012 and at times prior there to, the synthetic ropes used for vertical lifelines not protected from the edge of the parapet walls and/or edges of the overlapping sections of sheet metal covering the parapet walls which exposed employees to falls up to 84-feet to the ground below.