OSHA Inspection: G. FULTON ENTERPRISE, LLC

Issued

Jun 28, 2013

Abate by

Jul 11, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $350 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds shall be fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as follows:      a) 4942 Veterans Blvd., Metairie, LA; On or about 6/13/13, the employer allowed employees to work from a scaffold level that was not fully planked.

Issued

Jun 28, 2013

Abate by

Jul 11, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $350 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms are 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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface shall be used. Crossbraces shall not be used as a means of access.      a) 4942 Veterans Blvd., Metairie, LA; the employer failed to ensure a scaffold used to install fascia to the front of a building was equipped with a ladder for access and egress. The work platform was approximately 14 feet above the ground.

Issued

Jun 28, 2013

Abate by

Jul 11, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $350 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds shall be erected, moved, dismantled, or altered only under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration. Such activities shall be performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.      a) 4942 Veterans Blvd., Metairie, LA; On or about 6/13/13, the employer allowed employees to work from a tubular frame scaffold in which the erection of the scaffold was not supervised by a competent person.

Issued

Jun 28, 2013

Abate by

Jul 11, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $350 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): For all scaffolds not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, each employee shall be protected by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.      a) 4942 Veterans Blvd., Metairie, LA; On or about 06/13/13, the employer did not ensure an employees working from a tubular welded scaffold approximately 14 feet above the ground was protected by a complete guardrail system or wore a personal fall arrest system.