OSHA Inspection: GYPSY HILL STONE, LTD.

Issued

2013-08-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $1800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(i): Each platform unit (e.g., scaffold plank, fabricated plank, fabricated deck, or fabricated platform) was not installed so that the space between adjacent units and the space between the platform and the uprights were no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, except where the employer can demonstrate that a wider space is necessary:      a)  On or about May 31, 2013 and at times prior thereto at the jobsite; employees were working from a pump jack scaffold; space between the plank and ladder platform unit exceeded one inch, exposing employees to a tripping or fall hazard.

Issued

2013-08-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used:   a)  On or about May 31, 2013 and at times prior thereto at the jobsite; employees were climbing onto the pumpjack scaffold platform where distance from scaffold platform to the roof (access) was approximately 3 feet.

Issued

2013-08-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(iv): Midrails were not installed at a height approximately midway between the top edge of the guardrail system and the platform surface:   On or about May 31, 2013 and at times prior thereto at the job site; employees were working from a pumpjack scaffold approximately 12' above a lower level with no midrail in place.

Issued

2013-08-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2): Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary:   a)  On or about May 31, 2013 and at times prior thereo at the job site; employees were working from a pumpjack scaffold that did not have any bracing at the bottom of the poles.

Issued

2013-08-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $600.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:      a)  On or about May 31, 2013 and at times prior thereto at the job site; employees were working from a pumpjack scaffold system with multiple deficiencies; scaffold was not erected by trained employees under the supervision of a competent person.

Issued

2013-08-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $600.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):      a) On or about May 13, 2013 and at times prior thereto at the jobsite; employees exposed to fall hazards whilew installing weather-resistant building paper on the 2nd story exterior; employees were working from the roof with no fall protection.

Issued

2013-08-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $600.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:      a) On or about May 31, 2013 and at times prior thereto at the jobsite; employees were not trained to recognize fall hazards associated with residential construction work.