OSHA Inspection: ZACH CONSTRUCTION

Issued

2012-12-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Except as provided in paragraphs (b)(2)(i) and (b)(2)(ii) of this section, each scaffold platform and/or walkway was not at least 18 inches (46 cm) wide:    (a) For employees exposed to an approximate eleven-foot fall hazard while installing roof trusses from a  fabricated metal frame scaffolding where one 2" x 10" wood plank was providing the scaffolding platform walkway at 1496 Walnut Court, Wahpeton, North Dakota.

Issued

2012-12-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(i): Footings were not level, sound, rigid, and capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement:    (a) For employees exposed to fall hazards up to approximately sixteen feet while installing roof trusses from fabricated metal frame scaffolding where footings were settling into the ground at 1496 Walnut Court, Wahpeton, North Dakota.

Issued

2012-12-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:    (a) For employees exposed to fall hazards up to approximately sixteen feet while installing roof trusses from fabricated metal frame scaffolding without fall protective systems in place at 1496 Walnut Court, Wahpeton, North Dakota.

Issued

2012-12-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) For employees exposed to fall hazards up to approximately sixteen feet while installing roof trusses from fabricated metal frame scaffolding without fall protective systems in place at 1496 Walnut Court, Wahpeton, North Dakota.

Issued

2012-12-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:    (a) For employees exposed to fall hazards up to approximately sixteen feet while installing roof trusses from fabricated metal frame scaffolding without fall protective systems in place at 1496 Walnut Court, Wahpeton, North Dakota.

Issued

2012-12-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m)  or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501(b), nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:     (a) For employees exposed to fall hazards up to approximately sixteen feet while walking the top plate where roof trusses were installed at 1496 Walnut Court, Wahpeton, North Dakota.