OSHA Inspection: JON HEBERT

Issued

2013-05-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds shall be fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as follows:   a)3000 Loyola Dr., Kenner, LA; On or about 4/26/13, the employer allowed employees to work from a scaffold level that was not fully planked. The employees were approximately 14 feet above the ground.

Issued

2013-05-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii): Each platform greater than 10 feet in length shall not extend over its support more than 18 inches (46 cm), unless it is 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) 3000 Loyola Dr., Kenner, LA; On or about 4/26/13, the employer allowed employees to work from a scaffold platform that extended over the supports approximately 48 inches.

Issued

2013-05-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms are 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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface shall be used. Crossbraces shall not be used as a means of access.   a) 3000 Loyola Dr., Kenner, LA; On or about 2/20/13, the employer allowed employees to access and egress a scaffold to perform framing operations while not having a ladder attached. The employees were approximtaley 14 feet above ground.

Issued

2013-05-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $1200.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components shall be inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity.   a) 3000 Loyola Dr., Kenner, LA; On or about 4/26/13, the employer allowed employees to work from a scaffold that was not inspected by a competent person for defects before the work shift. Employees were observed working from the second level of the scaffold approximately 14 feet above the ground.

Issued

2013-05-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $1200.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds shall be erected, moved, dismantled, or altered only under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration. Such activities shall be performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.   a) 3000 Loyola Dr., Kenner, LA; On or about 4/26/13, the employer allowed employees to perform framing operations from a scaffold that was not erected by a competent person.

Issued

2013-05-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): For all scaffolds not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, each employee shall be protected by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.   a) 3000 Loyola Dr., Kenner, LA; On or about 04/26/13, the employer did not ensure that employees working from a tubular welded scaffold approximately 21 feet above the ground was protected by a complete guardrail system or wore personal fall arrest systems.