BIRMINGHAM, AL —
OSHA Inspection: TYWALL SYSTEM, LLC
Planned inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of TYWALL SYSTEM, LLC in 245 SUMMIT BOULEVARD, BIRMINGHAM, AL 35243 (NAICS 238140). OSHA activity number 338895030.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- TYWALL SYSTEM, LLC
- Site address
- 245 SUMMIT BOULEVARD
- City
- BIRMINGHAM
- State
- AL
- ZIP
- 35243
- Mailing
- 1822 FARRIS COURT, SAINT CLOUD, FL 34771
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Planned (H)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 238140
- Employees
- 5
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
5 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.451 B01
- Issued
- May 8, 2013
- Abate by
- May 20, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $2,640 · Current $2,640
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): (a) On or about 1/31/2013 - 245 Summit Boulevard, Birmingham, AL, employees were performing work on a scaffold that was not fully planked exposing employees to falls of 8.2 feet.
Recent events (1)
- — Z (S) $2640
1926.451 C02
- Issued
- May 8, 2013
- Abate by
- May 20, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $1,760 · Current $1,760
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 1/31/2013 - 245 Summit Boulevard, Birmingham, AL, employees were working from scaffolding without base plates and/or mud sills exposing them to falls of up to 9 feet, 4 inches.
Recent events (1)
- — Z (S) $1760
1926.451 E01
- Issued
- May 8, 2013
- Abate by
- May 20, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $1,760 · Current $1,760
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, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used. Crossbraces were used as a means of access: (a) On or about 1/31/2013 - 245 Summit Boulevard, Birmingham, AL, employees working on scaffolding did not have an installed integral or separate access/egress point with which to access the scaffold, exposing them to falls of up to 8.2 feet while climbing or descending the scaffold.
Recent events (1)
- — Z (S) $1760
1926.451 F07
- Issued
- May 8, 2013
- Abate by
- May 20, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $1,760 · Current $1,760
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: (a) On or about 1/31/2013 - 245 Summit Boulevard, Birmingham, AL, employees erected, dismantled, and moved fabricated frame scaffolding without the presence of, or supervision of a qualified competent person, exposing them to falls of between 8.2 feet and 9 feet, 4 inches.
Recent events (1)
- — Z (S) $1760
1926.452 C02
- Issued
- May 8, 2013
- Abate by
- May 20, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $1,760 · Current $1,760
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): Tubular welded frames and panels were not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which would have secured vertical members together laterally: (a) On or about 1/31/2013 - 245 Summit Boulevard, Birmingham, AL, employees working on scaffolding between 8.2 feet and 9 feet, 4 inches did not have the scaffolding plumbed or braced with sufficient cross members.
Recent events (1)
- — Z (S) $1760
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 338895030.
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