OSHA Inspection: JOE CULLEN

Issued

2013-03-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $600.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2):  The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:    Jobsite:  The employee, exposed to housekeeping, overhead and electrical hazards , was not trained in recognizing and avoiding these hazards or the applicable regulations to control or eliminate them.

Issued

2013-03-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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.    Jobsite:  The employee, exposed to fall, access, stability and falling object hazard,while working on the fabricated frame scaffolds, was not trained in the recognition of these hazards or the procedures to control or minimize them.

Issued

2013-03-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a):  The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.     Jobsite:  The employee, exposed to ladder hazards such as: base of the ladder cluttered, excessive angle, ladder damage and no periodic inspections, was not trained in the hazards associated with ladders or the procedures necessary to minimize them.

Issued

2013-03-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.25(a):  During the course of construction, alteration, or repairs,  debris was not kept cleared from work areas, passageways, and stairs, in and around buildings or other structures.    Jobsite:  The work areas, used by the employee during window lintel repairs, were cluttered with debris and trip hazards.

Issued

2013-03-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(13): Debris was allowed to accumulate on scaffold platforms:    Jobsite:  The second tier platform of the fabricated frame scaffold, used by the employee engaged in masonry work on the building facade, was cluttered with debris.

Issued

2013-03-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(9):  The area around the top and/or bottom of (a) ladder(s) was not kept clear:     Jobsite:  The area around the base of the ladder, used by the employee to access the platform of the fabricated frame scaffold, was cluttered with construction debris.

Issued

2013-03-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a):  Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    Jobsite:  The employee, exposed to falling objects from elevated scaffold platforms, was not wearing head protection.

Issued

2013-03-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(ii):  On a construction site, where an assured equipment grounding program was not utilized, all 120-volt, single-phase, 15 and 20 ampere receptacle outlets which were not a part of the permanent wiring of the building or structure and which are in use by employees did not have approved ground fault circuit interrupters for personal protection.    Jobsite:  The extension cord, used to power electric hand tools, was not protected by ground fault circuit interrupters (GFCI).

Issued

2013-03-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(a)(2)(ii)(I):  Protection was not provided to avoid damage to flexible cords and cables used for temporary wiring which passed through doorways or other pinch points:     Jobsite:  The extension cord, used by the employee on the scaffold to power electric tools, was not protected where it passed through the doorway.

Issued

2013-03-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3):  Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:    Jobsite:  The fabricated frame scaffold, used by the employee engaged in lintel repairs, was not inspected by a competent person before the shift.

Issued

2013-03-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7):  Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.    Jobsite:  The fabricated frame scaffold, used by the employee engaged in masonry work, was not erected or moved by trained and experienced employees under the direction of a competent person qualified in erection and alteration.

Issued

2013-03-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6):  Scaffolds were not designed by a qualified person:    Jobsite:  The fabricated frame scaffold, used by the employees to access exterior elevated areas of the building facade, was not designed by a qualified person.

Issued

2013-03-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 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.    Jobsite:  The employee, engaged in masonry work from the elevated platforms of the fabricated frame scaffold, was not protected from the hazard of falling to lower levels.

Issued

2013-03-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1):  Each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toe boards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects.  For falling objects too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected, the employer did not place and secure such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall.    Jobsite:  The employee, on the second tier platform of the fabricated frame scaffold, was not protected from falling objects by toe boards, screens or canopies on the upper platforms.

Issued

2013-03-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1):  Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:     Jobsite:  The side rails of the extension ladder, used by the employee to access the fabricated frame scaffold, did not extend three feet beyond the scaffold platform. 29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(5)(i):  Non-self-supporting ladder(s) were not used at an angle such that the horizontal distance from the top support to the foot of the ladder was approximately one-quarter of the working length of the ladder (the distance along the ladder between the foot and the top support).    Jobsite:  The angle of the extension ladder, used by the employee to access the fabricated frame scaffold platform, was greater than one-half the horizontal distance between the foot and top support.

Issued

2013-03-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(16):  Portable ladders with structural defects, such as, but not limited to, broken or missing rungs, cleats, or steps, broken or split rails, corroded components, or other faulty or defective components, were not either immediately marked in a manner that readily identifies them as defective, or tagged with "Do Not Use" or similar language, and were not withdrawn from service until repaired.     Jobsite:  Rungs of the extension ladder, used by the employee to access the fabricated frame scaffold platform, were bent.

Issued

2013-03-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(15):  Ladders were not inspected by a competent person for visible defects on a periodic basis and after an occurrence that could affect their safe use:     Jobsite:  The ladder, used by the employee to access the fabricated frame scaffold platform, was not inspected by the competent person.