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OSHA Inspection: AMERICAN SCAFFOLD

Planned inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of AMERICAN SCAFFOLD in USS ESSEX, GENERAL DYNAMICS NASSCO 2798 EAST HARBOR DR, SAN DIEGO, CA 92113 (NAICS 238990). OSHA activity number 339083420.

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OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.

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Establishment
AMERICAN SCAFFOLD
Site address
USS ESSEX, GENERAL DYNAMICS NASSCO 2798 EAST HARBOR DR
City
SAN DIEGO
State
CA
ZIP
92113
Mailing
3210 COMMERCIAL STREET, SAN DIEGO, CA 92102
Inspection type
Planned (H)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
B
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
238990
Employees
43
Ownership type
A

3 citations on file for this inspection.

1915.77 C

Deleted Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Sep 17, 2013
Penalty
Initial $3,500 · Current $0 Reduced
29 CFR 1915.77(c): When employees are working aloft, or elsewhere at elevations more than 5 feet above a solid surface, the employer did not provide either scaffolds or a sloping ladder, meeting the requirements of this subpart, to afford safe footing, and the employees were not protected by safety belts and lifelines meeting the requirements of 1915.159 and 1915.160:     USS ESSEX, hanging scaffold - On or about 5/23/2013, a scaffold erector was not protected by a scaffold meeting the requirements of this subpart to afford safe footing and the scaffold erector's fall protection did not meet the requirements of 1915.159(b)(7).
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $0
  • — Z (S) $3500

1915.159 C01 I

Other-than-serious 2 instances 1 exposed
Issued
Sep 17, 2013
Penalty
Initial $2,100 · Current $0 Reduced
29 CFR 1915.159(c)(1)(i): The attachment point of a body harness was not located in the center of the wearer's back near the shoulder level, nor above the wearer's head.     a) USS ESSEX, hanging scaffold - On or about 5/23/2013, a scaffold erector was wearing fall protection where the body harness attachment point was not located in the center of the wearer's back near shoulder level, nor above the wearer's head.     b) USS ESSEX, hanging scaffold - On or about 5/31/2013, a scaffold erector was wearing fall protection where the body harness attachment point was not located in the center of the wearer's back near shoulder level, nor above the wearer's head.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (O) $0
  • — Z (S) $2100

1915.152 E02

Other-than-serious 2 instances 2 exposed
Issued
Sep 17, 2013
Abate by
Oct 11, 2013
Penalty
Initial $0 · Current $0
29 CFR 1915.152(e)(2): The employer did not ensure that employees demonstrated the ability to use personal protective equipment properly before allowing them to perform work requiring the use of PPE:    USS ESSEX, flight deck- On or about 5/31/2013, the employer did not ensure that employees demonstrated the ability to use ear plugs properly.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (O) $0
  • — Z (O) $0

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