OSHA Inspection: MATTHEWS STEEL BUILDING

Issued

2013-07-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-07-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $960.00 Reduced

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.   On or about June 11, 2013, at the jobsite an employee was observed working from a homemade steel platform which was mounted onto a forklift truck and raised to a height approximately 15 feet.  The scaffold had a missing mid-rail and the employee was not wearing a personal fall arrest harness.  The employee was exposed to fall hazards.

Issued

2013-07-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-07-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.602(c)(1)(ii): Modifications or additions which affect the capacity or safe operation of the equipment were made without the manufacturer's written approval:    On or about June 11, 2013, at the jobsite employee was working from a homemade steel platform which was mounted on an all-terrain forklift truck and raised to a height approximately 15 feet high.  The employer did not have a written approval from the forklift truck manufacturer to allow such addition/modification to the forklift.  The forklift truck or the platform could collapse and injure the employees.