OSHA Inspection: AMAYA GENERAL CONTRACTOR LLC

Issued

2013-10-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii)    Location: 24 Mill Plain Road, Danbury, CT 06811    Employees were performing work from a fabricated metal frame scaffold which was not fully planked.

Issued

2013-10-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(10): Scaffold components manufactured by different manufacturers were intermixed such that the components fit together with force and the scaffold's structural integrity was not maintained by the user:    Location: 24 Mill Plain Road, Danbury, CT 06811    The fabricated metal frame scaffold that employees were working from was comprised of dissimilar parts that did not properly fit together and posed the hazard of collapse.

Issued

2013-10-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(3): Frames and panels were not joined together vertically by coupling or stacking pins or equivalent means:  Location: 24 Mill Plain Road, Danbury, CT 06811  Employees were working from a fabricated metal frame scaffold and the scaffold frames that were not joined or secured together vertically.

Issued

2013-10-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1): Supported scaffolds with a height to base width (including outrigger supports, if used) ratio of more than four to one (4:1) were not restrained from tipping by guying, tying, bracing, or equivalent means, as set forth in subparagraphs (i) - (iii) of this paragraph.    Location: 24 Mill Plain Road, Danbury, CT 06811    Employees were working from a fabricated metal frame scaffold that was four tiers high and the scaffold was not tied or secured to prevent tipping.

Issued

2013-10-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1100.00 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; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.    Location 24 Mill Plain Road, Danbury, CT 06811    The employer did not ensure that the fabricated metal frame scaffold which employees were working from had been erected under the supervision of a competent person.

Issued

2013-10-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section:    Location: 24 Mill Plain Road, Danbury, CT 06811    Employees who were performing work from a fabricated metal frame scaffold were not provided with fall protection.

Issued

2013-10-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): Tubular welded frames and panels were not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which would have secured vertical members together laterally:    Location: 24 Mill Plain Road, Danbury, CT 06811    Employees were working from a fabricated metal frame scaffold which was not adequately braced whereby half of the required crossbracing was missing.

Issued

2013-10-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.    Location: 24 Mill Plain Road, Danbury, CT 06811    The employer did not ensure that all employees had been trained in the hazards associated with scaffolding and the proper ways and procedures to take in order to minimize these hazards.

Issued

2013-10-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer shall have each employee who is involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question.   Location: 24 Mill Plain Road, Danbury, CT, 06811  The employer did not ensure that all employees who were required to erect scaffolding had been trained in the hazards associated with the erection process and the proper ways and procedures to take in order to minimize these hazards.

Issued

2013-10-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(11): Each employee on a steep roof with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was not protected from falling by guardrail systems with toeboards, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:    Location: 24 Mill Plain Road, Danbury, CT 06811    Employees who were performing work on a steep pitch roof were not provided with fall protection.

Issued

2013-10-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  Location: 24 Mill Plain Road, Danbury, CT 06811  The employer did not ensure that all employees had been trained in the hazards associated with falling and the proper ways and procedures to take in order to minimize these hazards.