OSHA Inspection: PRO DESIGN OF JACKSONVILLE INC.

Issued

2013-09-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(1): Each scaffold and/or scaffold component was not capable of supporting, without failure, its own weight and at least 4 times the maximum intended load applied or transmitted to it:     a.  On or about April 25, 2013, at the above addressed job site, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while applying insulation to a building from a fabricated frame scaffold that had defective planking that was split and deteriorated.

Issued

2013-09-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 April 25, 2013, at the above addressed job site, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while applying insulation to a building from a fabricated frame scaffold that was not fully planked.

Issued

2013-09-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 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 April 25, 2013, at the above addressed job site, employees who were applying insulation to a building from a fabricated frame scaffold that did not have mud sills were exposed to scaffold displacement hazards.

Issued

2013-09-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 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, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.:  a. On or about April 25, 2013, at the above addressed job site, employees were installing insulation to a building from a fabricated frame scaffold which was not equipped with access ladders.

Issued

2013-09-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

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:  a. On or about April 25, 2013, at the above addressed job site, employees were installing insulation on a building from a fabricated frame scaffold that had not been inspected by a competent person.

Issued

2013-09-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.  a. On or about April 25, 2013, at the above addressed job site, the employer did not provide training to employees who had performed insulation work from a scaffold and were exposed to a fall hazard, that enabled them recognize the nature of fall hazards and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.