OSHA Inspection: CDC CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT

Issued

2013-07-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $800.00 Reduced

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:    a) Sharpsburg, Church of the Nazarene - Employees were working on a scaffold system about 9 feet and 6 inches where the scaffold platform was not fully planked on the level the employees were installing rafters. Employees were exposed to a fall hazards from incomplete planking.

Issued

2013-07-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(iii): Unstable objects were used as working platforms:     a) Sharpsburg, Church of the Nazarene - Employees were working on a scaffold system about 9 feet and 6 inches high that was stacked with unstable object such as cement blocks.  The scaffold was missing mudsills and base plates on all sides of the scaffold system.  Employees were exposed to a collapsed and fall hazard.

Issued

2013-07-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): 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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface shall be used. Crossbraces shall not be used as a means of access.    a) Sharpsburg, Church of the Nazarene - Employees were working from a scaffold system that did not have a safe access point (i.e. ladder) installed for employee access and egress.  The employees were using the cross-bracing and end-rails to gain access to the upper platform of the scaffold system. Employees were exposed to a fall hazards.

Issued

2013-07-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $1200.00 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) Sharpsburg, Church of the Nazarene - The employer did not ensure that a competent person inspected the scaffold system for missing components such as but no limited to (ladder, crossbraces, mudsill and base plates and planking) before allowing the employees to use the equipment.  Employees were exposed to a collapse hazard.

Issued

2013-07-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): Tubular welded frame scaffold(s) were not properly braced by crossbracing or diagonal braces, or both, to secure vertical members laterally and to align them so that the erected scaffold was plumb, square, and rigid:    a) Sharpsburg, Church of the Nazarene - Employees were working from a scaffold system where cross bracing had not been installed on all sections of the scaffold system to prevent displacement.  One section had no cross bracing.