OSHA Inspection: UNIVERSAL MASONRY CONSTRUCTION, INC

Issued

Dec 11, 2012

Abate by

Dec 17, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds shall be fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as follows:    a.  On or about November 16, 2012 - at the above addressed jobsite, employees were performing masonry operations from a tubular welded frame scaffold which did not have the working platforms fully planked, thereby exposing the employees to falls.

Issued

Dec 11, 2012

Abate by

Dec 17, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(ii): The top edge height of toprails or equivalent member on supported scaffolds manufactured or placed in service after January 1, 2000 shall be installed between 38 inches (0.97 m) and 45 inches (1.2 m) above the platform surface. The top edge height on supported scaffolds manufactured and placed in service before January 1, 2000, and on all suspended scaffolds where both a guardrail and a personal fall arrest system are required shall be between 36 inches (0.9 m) and 45 inches (1.2 m). When conditions warrant, the height of the top edge may exceed the 45-inch height, provided the guardrail system meets all other criteria of paragraph (g)(4).    a.  On or about November 16, 2012 - at the above addressed jobsite, employees performing masonry operations from a tubular welded frame scaffold, approximately twenty four (24) feet eight (8) inches above the ground, were exposed to injuries from falls due to missing mid rail and the top rail height being installed at approximately thirty five (35) inches, thereby exposing the employees to falls.

Issued

Dec 11, 2012

Abate by

Dec 17, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(3): Frames and panels shall be joined together vertically by coupling or stacking pins or equivalent means.    a.  On or about November 16, 2012 - at the above addressed jobsite, employees were performing masonry operations from a tubular welded frame scaffold, twenty four (24) feet, eight (8) inches above the ground, which had frames that were not joined together vertically by the use of stacking pins, thereby exposing employees to the hazards associated with scaffolding collapse.