OSHA Inspection: TROUTT CONSTRUCTION

Issued

2013-06-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(i): The end of a platform 10 feet or less in length, extended over its support more than 12 inches:     (a) 900 Meadow Glen Parkway, Fairburn, GA; The employer exposed employees to fall hazards of 24.5 feet as a ladder jack scaffold was erected with scaffold planks that extended beyond the supports by 24 inches.

Issued

2013-06-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(10): Scaffold components manufactured by different manufacturers were modified in order to intermix them and a competent person did not determine that the resulting scaffold was structurally sound:     (a) 900 Meadow Glen Parkway, Fairburn, GA; The employer exposed employees to fall hazards of 24.5 feet as a ladder jack scaffold was erected with intermixed scaffold components.

Issued

2013-06-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(3): Supported scaffold poles, legs, post, frames, and/or uprights were not plumb and braced to prevent swaying and displacement:     (a) 900 Meadow Glen Parkway, Fairburn, GA; The employer exposed employees to fall hazards of 24.5 feet as a ladder jack scaffold was positioned at an angle and was not plumb.

Issued

2013-06-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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.  Scaffold bracings were used as a means of access.     (a) 900 Meadow Glen Parkway, Fairburn, GA; The employer exposed employees to fall hazards of 24.5 feet as a secure ladder was not used by employees to access the scaffolding platform where work was being performed.

Issued

2013-06-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.     (a) 900 Meadow Glen Parkway, Fairburn, GA; The employer exposed employees to fall hazards while working 24.5 feet above the ground from a ladder jack scaffold which did not have a complete guardrail system, due to the mid-rails, top-rails, and end-rails not being installed.

Issued

2013-06-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(k)(1): Platforms exceeded a height of 20 feet (6.1 m):     (a) 900 Meadow Glen Parkway, Fairburn, GA; The employer exposed employees to fall hazards of 24.5 feet as a ladder jack scaffold platform was erected above 20 feet.