OSHA Inspection: ALL PAINTING & HOME SERVICES

Issued

Dec 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): Such programs shall provide for frequent and regular inspections of the job sites, materials, and equipment to be made by competent persons designated by the employers.    a.  On or about November 16, 2012 - at the above addressed jobsite, an inspection was not conducted by a competent person capable of recognizing and correcting hazards associated with ladder jack scaffolds, which could result in employee injuries.

Issued

Dec 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms are 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.    a.  On or about November 16, 2012 - at the above addressed jobsite, an employee conducting painting operations from a ladder jack scaffold approximately nineteen (19) feet four (4) inches above the ground was not provided with an access ladder, thereby exposing the employee to fall hazards.

Issued

Dec 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,450 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii): Each platform greater than 10 feet in length shall not extend over its support more than 18 inches (46 cm), unless it is designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end.    a.  On or about November 16, 2012 - at the above addressed jobsite, an employee was performing painting operations from a ladder jack scaffold that had a platform extending greater than eighteen (>18") inches past its supports, thereby exposing the employee to fall  hazards of approximately nineteen (19) feet four (4) inches to the ground.

Issued

Dec 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,450 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold shall be protected by a personal fall arrest system;    a.  On or about November 16, 2012 - at the above addressed jobsite, an employee performing painting operations from a ladder jack scaffold approximately nineteen (19) feet four (4) inches above the ground was not protected by the use of a personal fall arrest system, thereby exposing the employee to fall hazards.