OSHA Inspection: MARIUSZ S. WEIGOLD

Issued

Jun 26, 2013

Abate by

Jul 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $2,200

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:  Location:  12528-12534 Bennington Place, St. Louis, MO  63146  An employee was using a nail gun to nail shingles on the upper portion of the exterior wall without safety glasses.

Issued

Jun 26, 2013

Abate by

Jul 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $3,080

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, sturcture, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used:  Location:  12528-12543 Bennington Place, St. Louis, MO  63146  Employees were using ladder jack scaffolds with the ladder jack support bracket facing away from the structure and no additional ladder was provided for safe egress.  In this configuration, the worker was unable to step from the ladder directly onto the plank.

Issued

Jun 26, 2013

Abate by

Jul 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $3,080

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:  Location:  12528-12534 Bennington Place, St. Louis, MO  63146  A competent person did not inspect the ladder jack scaffolds to identify the lack of safe access to the working platforms and the lack of personal fall arrest system equipment when working at heights greater than 10 feet.

Issued

Jun 26, 2013

Abate by

Jul 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $3,080

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:  Location:  12528-12534 Bennington Place, St. Louis, MO  63146  A worker was observed working from a ladder jack scaffold with the platform height at approximately 12 feet above the deck without the use of a personal fall arrest system.