OSHA Inspection: B & D DRYWALL ACOUSTICAL WBE

Issued

Oct 28, 2013

Abate by

Nov 1, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,440 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.    (a) O'Reilly Auto Parts, 3710 Austell Road, Marietta, Ga., An employee was exposed to falls of approximately 13 feet, 3 inches while climbing down the scaffold cross bracing, as if it were an approved ladder to egress to ground level. The employer failed to provide an adequate ladder to access/egress the scaffold to ground level.

Issued

Oct 28, 2013

Abate by

Nov 1, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(6)(i): Integral prefabricated scaffold access frames were not specifically designed or constructed for use as ladder rungs:  a) O'Reilly Auto Parts, 3710 Austell Road, Marietta, Ga., Two employees were exposed to fall hazards when climbing down the scaffold side frames to access the ground level.

Issued

Oct 28, 2013

Abate by

Nov 1, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,440 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(14): Makeshift devices, such as boxes and barrels were used on top of scaffold platforms to increase the working level height of employees.    a) O'Reilly Auto Parts, 3710 Austell Road, Marietta, Ga., An employee used a bucket to increase his working height from a scaffold platform, exposing the employee to a fall hazard of 13 feet, 3 inches from ground level.

Issued

Oct 28, 2013

Abate by

Nov 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employer had not developed or implemented a written hazard communication program which at included the requirements outlined in 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) and (e)(1)(ii): (Construction Reference: 1926.59)  a) 3710 Austell Road, Marietta, Ga., The employer did not develop, implement, and maintain at the work place a written hazard communication program which would inform and educate employees working with potential hazardous products such as Master Wall Ultra Deep base red sand finish.