OSHA Inspection: BRIAN HALPAINE

Issued

2013-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $720.00 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:       At the job site located at 104 Wind River, Maumelle, Arkansas, employees walking and working around the scaffold were exposed to the hazard of tripping and falling due to blocks, bricks, wood and debris on the ground.

Issued

2013-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $960.00 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:       At the job site located at 104 Wind River, Maumelle, Arkansas, employees throwing and catching bricks while standing on the elevated porch and scaffold  and walking and working on the ground 12.5 feet below were exposed to the hazard of being struck on the head by the bricks.  Employees were not wearing head protection.

Issued

2013-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:         At the jobsite located at 104 Wind River, Maumelle, Arkansas, employees cutting  bricks with a chop saw were not wearing safety glasses, exposing the employees to the hazard of eye contact with pieces of brick.

Issued

2013-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii): The employer shall identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; this evaluation shall include a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazard(s) and an identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form. Where the employer cannot identify or reasonably estimate the employee exposure, the employer shall consider the atmosphere to be IDLH:    On or about February 6, 2013 at the jobsite located at 104 Wind River, Maumelle the employer had not evaluated the respiratory hazards in the workplace for employees cutting brick exposing them to respirable particulates containing silica.

Issued

2013-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1380.00 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 as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):        On or about February 6, 2013 at the job site located at 104 Wind River, Maumelle, Arkansas, the work platform on the scaffold under the porch on the west side of the house was not fully decked,  exposing employees to the hazard of falls from elevation of 77 inches to the ground below.  The portion of the scaffold not decked was greater than 12 inches.

Issued

2013-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii): The end of a platform greater than 10 feet in length extended over its support more than 18 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end:   a.  On or about February 6, 2013 at the jobsite located at 104 Wind River, Maumelle, Arkansas, the  boards on the upper work platform on the scaffold under the porch on the west side of the house extended more than 18 inches past the bearer on the south side.  This condition exposed employees to the hazard of falls from elevation.     b.  On or about February 6, 2013 at the jobsite located at 104 Wind River, Maumelle, Arkansas, the  boards on the cantilevered platform on the scaffold under the porch on the west side of the house extended more than 18 inches past the bearer on the south side.  This condition exposed employees to the hazard of falls from elevation.

Issued

2013-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:       a.  On or about February 6, 2013 at the jobsite located at 104 Wind River, Maumelle, Arkansas, the scaffold end frames on the south side (back) of the house did not all have base plates and mud sills which could cause the scaffold to be unstable.    This condition exposed employees working on the scaffold platforms to the hazard of falls from elelvation.            b.  On or about February 6, 2013 at the jobsite located at 104 Wind River, Maumelle, Arkansas, the scaffold end frame on the north end of the west side of the house was on the ground and not supported by a mud sill which could cause the scaffold to be unstable.   This condition exposed employees working on the scaffold platforms to the hazard of falls from elelvation of 6.5 to 13 feet to the unfinished ground below.

Issued

2013-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(i): Footings were not level, sound, rigid, and capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement:    On or about February 6, 2013 at the jobsite located at 104 Wind River, Maumelle, Arkansas, one end of the  the scaffold end frame on the north end of the west side of the house was resting on a stack of bricks and the other on the ground which could cause the scaffold to be unstable.  This condition exposed employees working on the scaffold platforms to the hazard of falls from 13 feet elelvaiton to the unfinished ground below.

Issued

2013-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(3): Supported scaffold poles, legs, post, frames, and/or uprights were not plumb and braced to prevent swaying and displacement:           a.  On or about February 6, 2013 at the job site located at 104 Wind River, Maumelle, Arkansas, cross braces were not installed between all end frames on the scaffold on the west and south sides of the house to prevent swaying and displacement.  This condition exposed employees working on the scaffold to the hazard of falls 6-13 feet from elevation.        b.  On or about February 6, 2013 at the job site located at 104 Wind River, Maumelle, Arkansas, The scaffold end frames located on the south side (back) of the house were not plumb.  The scaffold decking supported on the scaffold on the south side of the house supported the decking for the scaffold on the west side of the house.  This condition exposed employees working on the platform of the scaffold on the west side of the house to the hazard of falls 6-13 feet from elevation.

Issued

2013-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $720.00 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.  Cross braces were used as a means of access:       On or about February 6, 2013 at the job site located at 104 Wind River, Maumelle, Arkansas, safe access to the scaffold working level 6.5 feet high was not provided.  Employees were observed climbing the cross braces to access the scaffold.  This condition exposed employees to the hazard of falls from elevation.

Issued

2013-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1860.00 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:        On or about February 6, 2013 at the job site located at 104 Wind River, Maumelle, Arkansas, the elevated porch was not equipped with guardrails, exposing employees walking and working on the porch to the hazard of falls from elevation greater than 12 feet to the unfinished ground below.

Issued

2013-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4)(i): Each employee on walking/working surfaces was not protected from falling through holes (including skylights), more than six feet (1.8 m) above lower levels, by personal fall arrest systems, covers, or guardrail systems erected around such holes:         On or about February 6, 2013 at the job site located at 104 Wind River, Maumelle, Arkansas, the floor of the elevated porch had floor holes along the north, east and west sides of the porch.  The holes measured an estimated 24 inches by 12 inches between the floor joists.  This condition exposed employees to the hazard of trip and fall hazards on the walking and working surface of the porch to the unfinished ground 12.5 feet below.

Issued

2013-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:    On or about February 6, 2013 at the jobsite located at 104 Wind River, Maumelle, Arkansas, at the north side (front) of the house the yellow end frames of the scaffold were resting on a pin inserted through a hole in the green leg bases with the weight of the scaffold supported by the pin.  Using dissimilar scaffold components exposed employees to the hazard of falls from elevation or being struck by the scaffold in the event of a collapse or failure of the pin.

Issued

2013-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1):  The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:    At the jobsite located at 104 Wind River, Maumelle, Arkansas, the employer had not developed a written hazard communication program for employees working with or exposed to chemicals and substances such as but not limited to silica, sand and masonry cement.