OSHA Inspection: AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION, INC

Issued

Mar 1, 2013

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $2,940 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(8):  Employee(s) were not prohibited from working on scaffolds covered with snow, ice or other slippery material(s).  Note: This paragraph does not apply when employees are on scaffolds necessarily to remove such materials:    Employees worked on the snow-covered scaffold erecting the wind screen.

Issued

Mar 1, 2013

Abate by

Apr 16, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(2):  Effective September 2, 1997, the employer shall have a competent person determine the feasibility and safety of providing fall protection for employees erecting or dismantling supported scaffolds. Employers are required to provide fall protection for employees erecting or dismantling supported scaffolds where the installation and use of such protection is feasible and does not create a greater hazard:    The employees who were erecting a wind screen were not protected from falls with the use of guardrails.

Issued

Mar 1, 2013

Abate by

Apr 16, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.    The second frame up was not joined together with a coupling or stacking pin, or by any means.