OSHA Inspection: AYRSHIRE CONSTRUCTION SERVICE

Issued

Jun 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 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 as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii)     a. 16 Eagle Rock Ave East Hanover, NJ - Front of building        Employees were observed performing masonry (stucco) activities from a welded tubular frame scaffold that was not fully planked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports, thereby exposing employees to fall hazards.     Violation observed on or about 05/02/2013

Issued

Jun 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 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. 16 Eagle Rock Ave East Hanover, NJ - Front of building    Safe access and egress to the welded tubular frame scaffold was not provided to the work platform.  Employees were observed egressing a welded tubular frame scaffold work platform using the cross braces.  Violation observed on or about 05/02/2013

Issued

Jun 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): Tubular welded frames and panels were not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which would have secured vertical members together laterally:  a. 16 Eagle Rock Ave, East Hanover, NJ  (Front) of building.  Employees were observed performing masonry (stucco) activities from a three tier, welded tubular frame scaffold that was not cross braced on the inside, which would have secured and squared the vertical members laterally.   Violation observed on or about  05/02/2013

Issued

Jun 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(14): Makeshift devices, such as but not limited to boxes and barrels, were used on top of scaffold platforms to increase the working level height of employees:  a. 16 Eagle Rock Ave East Hanover, NJ  Employee(s) were observed utilizing a California stucco bucket to increase work level heights while performing construction activities.  Violation observed on or about 05/02/2013

Issued

Jun 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

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:  a. 16 Eagle Rock Ave East Hanover, NJ - Front of building  Employee were observed working from a welded tubular frame scaffold approximately 12 feet from the ground below without utilizing any type of fall protection, exposing the employees to fall hazards.  Violation observed on or about 05/02/2013.