OSHA Inspection: SUBZERO SIDING & ROOFING

Issued

2013-09-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii): The end of a platform greater than 10 feet in length extended over its support more than 18 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end:    a. Worksite - On 07/23/2013 the platform extended beyond the supports by approximately 60 inches at one end. This cantilevered portion of the platform was used to support the end of another scaffold platform perpendicular to this one.     b. Worksite - On 07/23/2013 the platform extended beyond the supports by approximately 30 inches at the other end.

Issued

2013-09-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(i): Footings were not level, sound, rigid, and capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement:    a.  Worksite, front of building - On 07/24/2013 the support under one pole of a pump jack scaffold was not sound, rigid or level. The pole was placed on two stacked bricks on top of a single 4 x 6 supported by other lumber. The support was placed on uneven soil and was not level.     b. Worksite, front of building - On 07/24/2013 the support under a second pole of a pump jack scaffold was not level, sound, or rigid. The support was placed on uneven soil, and was not in full contact with the soil.

Issued

2013-09-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(ii): Unstable objects were used to support scaffolds or platform units:    a.  Worksite, front of building - On 07/24/2013 one pole of a pump jack scaffold was placed on two stacked bricks on top of three levels of lumber.

Issued

2013-09-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(3): Supported scaffold poles, legs, post, frames, and/or uprights were not plumb and braced to prevent swaying and displacement:    a. Worksite, front of building - On 07/24/2013, the two support poles for a pump jack scaffold were neither plumb, nor braced sufficiently to prevent the scaffold from swaying as the employee moved along the platform.

Issued

2013-09-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-13 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. Worksite front of building - On 07/24/2013, the support poles for the two pump jack scaffolds were not braced at the bottom or other intermediate points.

Issued

2013-09-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:    a. Worksite - On 07/23/2013, an employee working on a pump jack scaffold was not protected from falling approximately 24 ft. to the ground by a personal fall arrest system, or a guardrail system meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.

Issued

2013-09-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4): Guardrail systems installed to meet the requirements of this section did not comply with the provisions listed in subparagraphs (i) through (xv) of this paragraph.    a. Worksite - On 07/23/2013, the ends of the platform were completely unguarded.    b. Worksite - On 07/23/2013, there was no midrail or equivalent protection installed between the workbench and the platform.