OSHA Inspection: MARIANI AND RICHARDS, INC.

Issued

Jul 26, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,150 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) Job site, 254 & 256 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about May 20, 2013, during building restoration activities, the employer did not ensure that scafolding was properly inspected. Deficiencies found during the inspection, included, but were not limited to, a missing midrail, where an approximate 25 foot fall hazard existed.

Issued

Jul 26, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(iii): When midrails, screens, mesh, intermediate vertical members, solid panels, or equivalent structural members were used, they were not installed between the top edge of the guardrail system and the scaffold platform:   a) Job site, 254 & 256 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about May 20, 2013, during building restoration activities, the employer did not ensure that a midrail was installed on one end of the scaffold level an employee was working from, where an approximate 25 foot fall hazard existed.

Issued

Jul 26, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,850 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface (horizontal and vertical surface) with an unprotected side or edge which is 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:    a) Job site, 254 & 256 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA: On or about May 20, 2013, during work on a wooden structure placed over the canopy along the front of the building, the employer did not ensure that appropriate fall protection systems/devices were in use where fall hazards of up to approxiimately 12 feet existed.