OSHA Inspection: CTL ENGINEERING, INC.

Issued

Feb 11, 2013

Abate by

Mar 29, 2013

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $3,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain a safety program which provides for frequent and regular inspections of jobsites, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent person:    a) There was no frequent and regulat inspection program being maintained in use by a competent person to ensure the jobsite, marerials and equipment such as structure location marking at unprotected sides or edges, self propelled scissors lift associated operations and associated equipment/ operator training devices/ systems were being maintained in a safe condition.

Issued

Feb 11, 2013

Abate by

Feb 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $5,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(8): Direct access to or from another surface was used when the scaffold was more than 14 inches (36 cm) horizontally and/or 24 inches (61 cm) vertically from the other surface:    a) There was an employee observed gaining direst adjacent building roof access from a Skyjack SJ7135 over/through the platforms guardrail system, not using vehical equipped access gate opening, lift platform not fully retracted/lowered with an unprotected step accross distance in excess of 19", exposing the employee to a fall potential in excess of 20',

Issued

Feb 11, 2013

Abate by

Feb 20, 2013

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $0 Reduced

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) Located within the building structure site work at or adjacent to existing commercial retail structure employee(s) who worked within or egressed from the Skyjack SJ7135 scissors aerial platform lift scaffold system operating or exposed to fall hazards during unprotected vehical to structure transition were not trained or knowledgable of the applicable regulations of procedures to be followed to minimize those hazards.

Issued

Feb 11, 2013

Abate by

Feb 20, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:    a) Located along various areas of the low sloped retail commercial roof structure an employee was observed without conventional falll protection devices or systems performing associated construction material testing location marking operations on a roof with unprotected sides or edges who was trained or knowledgable or the procedures or regulations to minimize those hazards.

Issued

Feb 11, 2013

Abate by

Feb 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $5,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.    a) Located along and adjacent to an unprotected side or edge of a low sloped roof deck an employee was observed performing construction material testing location marking associated operations without conventional fall protection debices or systems and exposed to fall potentials in excess of 20'.