OSHA Inspection: TIMOTHY JAMES LANCASTER

Issued

2013-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.      On or about April 5, 2013, on the west side of the construction site, an employee was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 12 feet while engaged in stucco activities from a mobile scaffold on a commercial building.

Issued

2013-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(i): Each platform unit (e.g., scaffold plank, fabricated plank, fabricated deck, or fabricated platform) was not installed so that the space between adjacent units and the space between the platform and the uprights were no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, except where the employer can demonstrate that a wider space is necessary.    On or about April 5, 2013, on the west side of the construction site, an employee, engaged in stucco activities, worked from the second level of a mobile scaffold that was not fully planked exposing the employee to a hazard of falling approximately 12 feet.

Issued

2013-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-31 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.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.       On or about April 5, 2013, on the west side of the construction site, the employer did not provide a scaffold ladder where the employee, engaged in stucco activities on a commercial building, could access and egress the scaffold.

Issued

2013-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $80.00 · Current $80.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(g)(2)(iv): Flexible cords were not connected to devices and fittings so that strain relief is provided to prevent pull from being directly transmitted to joints or terminal screws.    On or about April 5, 2013, west side of the construction site, an employee using an extension cord that had the outer sheathing pulled away exposing the internal wiring were exposed to electrical hazards.