OSHA Inspection: HULL ASSOCIATES - NORTH, L.P.

Issued

2013-01-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-01-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $3360.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports:    a) At the site, 5455 Richmond Avenue, Houston, Texas, on or about January 04, 2013 - Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 25 feet while working on a fabricated frame scaffold which was not fully planked.

Issued

2013-01-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-01-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $3360.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1): Supported scaffolds with a height to base width (including outrigger supports, if used) ratio of more than four to one (4:1) were not restrained from tipping by guying, tying, bracing, or equivalent means, as set forth in subparagraphs (i) - (iii) of this paragraph:    a) At the site, located at 5455 Richmond Avenue, Houston, Texas, on or about January 04, 2013 - Employees were exposed to fall and struck-by hazards while working from a tubular fabricated frame scaffold, in excess of twenty five feet, which was not restrained from tipping.

Issued

2013-01-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-01-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $3360.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were 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 other scaffold, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access:    a) At the worksite, located at 5455 Richmond Avenue, Houston, Texas 77056, on or about January 04, 2013 - Employees were exposed to fall hazards in excess of 25' when using a tubular fabricated frame scaffold which was not supplied with a safe means of access or egress.

Issued

2013-01-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-01-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5000.00 · Current $2400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.      a) At the work site, located at 5455 Richmond Avenue, Houston, Texas, on or about January 04, 2013 - Employees were exposed to fall hazards in excess of 25' when the scaffold that was being used to perform framing work was not equipped with a guardrail system meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section in that no mid-rail was present.