OSHA Inspection: SKIDMORE CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

Sep 18, 2013

Abate by

Feb 21, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

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.       Worksite:  Employees were performing work on a ladder jack scaffold which was not provided with an adequate means of access.

Issued

Sep 18, 2013

Abate by

Feb 21, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold was not protected by a personal fall arrest system:     Worksite:  The employer did not ensure that employees were provided with fall protection while performing work from a ladder jack scaffold.

Issued

Sep 18, 2013

Abate by

Feb 21, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 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.     Worksite:  The employer did not ensure that the ladder jack scaffold which employees were working from was erected under the supervision of a competent person.

Issued

Sep 18, 2013

Abate by

Feb 21, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(k)(1): Ladder jack platforms exceeded a height of 20 feet (6.1 m):     Worksite:  Employees were performing work from a ladder jack scaffold that had been erected at a height of greater than 20 feet.

Issued

Sep 18, 2013

Abate by

Feb 21, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(k)(5): Scaffold platforms were bridged on to another:    Worksite:  Employees were performing work from a ladder jack scaffold which had two platforms that were overlapped and bridged together.

Issued

Sep 18, 2013

Abate by

Feb 21, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,500 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):      Worksite:  Employees who were performing roofing work on a steep pitch roof were exposed to fall hazards of greater than six feet.

Issued

Sep 18, 2013

Abate by

Feb 21, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:     Worksite:  The employer did not ensure that all employees were trained in the hazards associated with falls and the proper ways and procedures to take in order to minimize these hazards.