OSHA Inspection: WINTER BROTHERS, INC.

Issued

Feb 20, 2013

Abate by

Mar 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,520 · Current $2,112 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(9)(iv): The employer did not ensure that cross braces were not used as a means of access or egress:     (a) Winter Brothers, Inc. @ 2828 Bryant St., Denver, CO 80211: On 1/16/13, the employer did not ensure that the southeast fabricated frame scaffold was equipped with ladder access to the platform on the working level. An employee used the cross bracing on the first scaffold level to access and egress the working platform on the second level and was therefore, exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 14.5 ft.     Winter Brothers, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Standard or its equivalent standard (29 CFR 1926.451(e)(9)(iv)), which was contained in OSHA Inspection (310596150), Citation Number 1, Item Number 1, issued on 4/11/08, with respect to a workplace located at 2043 & 2055 Avery Way, Castle Rock, CO 80104.

Issued

Feb 20, 2013

Abate by

Mar 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,640 · Current $1,584 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): The employer did not ensure that all working levels of the scaffold was fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail support:     (a) Winter Brothers, Inc. @ 2828 Bryant St., Denver, CO 80211: On 1/16/13, the employer did not ensure that the working level on the southeast fabricated frame scaffold was fully planked. An employee worked from the second level of the scaffold that was equipped with 2, rather than 3, 2x10 in. wooden planks. An employee used a 4.5 in. angle grinder to create expansion joints on the exterior of the commercial building and was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 14.5 ft.

Issued

Feb 20, 2013

Abate by

Mar 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(7): On scaffolds where platforms were overlapped to create a long platform, the employer did not ensure that the overlap was greater than 12 inches or nailed together to prevent movement:     (a) Winter Brothers, Inc. @ 2828 Bryant St., Denver, CO 80211: On 1/16/13, the employer did not ensure that planks on the southwest fabricated frame scaffold were overlapped in a sufficient manner to ensure the safety of employees while walking or working on the platform and so, employees were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 13 ft.

Issued

Feb 20, 2013

Abate by

Mar 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,760 · Current $1,056 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): The employer did not ensure that scaffold legs were equipped with base plates:     (a) Winter Brothers, Inc. @ 2828 Bryant St., Denver, CO 80211: On 1/16/13, the employer did not ensure that the southeast fabricated frame scaffold was equipped with base plates. The scaffold was erected without 2 base plates. This condition contributed to an unstable scaffold and so, exposed an employee to a fall hazard of approximately 14.5 ft.

Issued

Feb 20, 2013

Abate by

Mar 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(10): Scaffold components manufactured by different manufacturers were modified in order to intermix them and a competent person did not determine that the resulting scaffold was structurally sound:      (a) Winter Brothers, Inc. @ 2828 Bryant St., Denver, CO 80211: On 1/16/13, the employer did not ensure that the southwest fabricated frame scaffold system, which was constructed from components from different manufacturers were compatible. The competent person did not know the scaffold manufacturers or if the components were manufactured with similar specifications according to necessary capacities, which exposed an employee to a fall hazard of approximately 14.5 ft.

Issued

Feb 20, 2013

Abate by

Mar 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,640 · Current $1,584 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed on all open sides and ends of the platforms:       (a) Winter Brothers, Inc. @ 2828 Bryant St., Denver, CO 80211: On 1/16/13, the employer did not ensure that a guardrail system was in place along the open sides or ends of the southeast fabricated frame scaffold. An employee worked with a 4.5 in. angle grinder on the second level of the scaffold and was therefore, exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 14.5 ft.   (b) Winter Brothers, Inc. @ 2828 Bryant St., Denver, CO 80211: On 1/16/13, the employer did not ensure that a guardrail system was in place on the southwest fabricated frame scaffold. The scaffold was not equipped with guardrails on the end of the system and therefore, exposed employees to a fall hazard of approximately 13 ft.

Issued

Feb 20, 2013

Abate by

Mar 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $1,320 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) Winter Brothers, Inc. @ 2828 Bryant St., Denver, CO 80211: On 1/16/13, the employer did not ensure that employees working on the parapet, installing detail work, were protected from a fall hazard of greater than 25 ft.