OSHA Inspection: JOE NEWMAN DRYWALL

Issued

Dec 4, 2013

Abate by

Dec 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,760 · Current $1,760

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:   a) At the jobsite 6501 Veterans Parkway, Columbus, Georgia: The employer failed to ensure that employees were provided and/or utilized protective head equipment while working underneath a scaffold where tools, supplies, 5 gallon containers of brown mud for EIFS installation and other materials could fall to the lower ground level. Employees were exposed to being struck by falling materials from the above EIFS work being performed, approximately 12-18 ft above the lower ground level.

Issued

Dec 4, 2013

Abate by

Dec 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $15,400 · Current $15,400

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:   a) At the jobsite 6501 Veterans Parkway, Columbus, Georgia, on or about August 21, 2013: The employer failed to ensure that all scaffold platforms were fully planked in that, some platforms maintained only two planks. Employees were exposed to a fall hazard while performing EIFS installation on working platforms extending 12 to 18 feet high and above from the lower ground level.                     Joe Newman Drywall was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 312775943, Citation Number 002, Item Number 001. The issuance date was January 20, 2010 and the final order was March 30, 2010 with respect to a workplace located at 4915 River Road, Columbus, Georgia, 31904.

Issued

Dec 4, 2013

Abate by

Dec 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $6,160 · Current $6,160

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Scaffold platforms and walkways were not at least 18 inches wide.   a) At the jobsite 6501 Veterans Parkway, Columbus, Georgia, on or about August 21, 2013: The employer failed to ensure that all scaffold platforms and/or walkways were at least 18 inches wide exposing employees to a fall hazards of approximately 12-18 feet high.                    Joe Newman Drywall was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 312775943, Citation Number 001, Item Number 001. The issuance date was January 20, 2010 and the final order was March 30, 2010 with respect to a workplace located at 4915 River Road, Columbus, Georgia, 31904.

Issued

Dec 4, 2013

Abate by

Dec 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $6,160 · Current $6,160

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(6)(i): Integral prefabricated scaffold access frames shall not be used as means to access scaffold platforms:    a) At the jobsite 6501 Veterans Parkway, Columbus, Georgia, on or about August 21, 2013: The employer failed to ensure that an access ladder was utilized by employees to gain access to the upper level working platforms. Employees were exposed to a fall hazard while performing EIFS installation on working platforms extending 12 to 18 feet high and above from the lower ground level and were utilizing the rungs to gain access to the upper level.                     Joe Newman Drywall was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.451(e)(6)(i), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 312775943, Citation Number 001, Item Number 002. The issuance date was January 20, 2010 and the final order was March 30, 2010 with respect to a workplace located at 4915 River Road, Columbus, Georgia, 31904.

Issued

Dec 4, 2013

Abate by

Dec 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $15,400 · Current $15,400

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.   a) At the jobsite 6501 Veterans Parkway, Columbus, Georgia, on or about August 21, 2013: The employer failed to ensure that the metal framed scaffold was protected by a guard rail, safety net or a personal fall arrest systems for employees performing EIFS installation up to 18 feet high and/or above the lower ground level of approximately 26 ft.                      Joe Newman Drywall was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 312775943, Citation Number 002, Item Number 003. The issuance date was January 20, 2010 and the final order was March 30, 2010 with respect to a workplace located at 4915 River Road, Columbus, Georgia, 31904.

Issued

Dec 4, 2013

Abate by

Dec 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $6,160 · Current $6,160

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1): Each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects.  For falling objects too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected, the employer did not place and secure such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall.       a) At the jobsite 6501 Veterans Parkway, Columbus, Georgia, on or about August 21, 2013: The employer failed to ensure that toeboards or other barriers were maintained on the scaffold to prevent falling objects from striking workers on the ground level. Employees were exposed to being struck by falling containers, tools and other articles utilized during EIFS installation above the lower ground level.                        Joe Newman Drywall was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 312775943, Citation Number 001, Item Number 003. The issuance date was January 20, 2010 and the final order was March 30, 2010 with respect to a workplace located at 4915 River Road, Columbus, Georgia, 31904.

Issued

Dec 4, 2013

Abate by

Dec 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $15,400 · Current $15,400

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).    a) At the jobsite 6501 Veterans Parkway, Columbus, Georgia, on or about August 21, 2013: The employer failed to ensure that the metal framed scaffold was adequately erected with cross braces to secure and stabilize the scaffold. Employees were exposed to a fall hazard while performing EIFS installation on working platforms extending 12 to 18 feet high and above from the lower ground level on the back side of the structure.                     Joe Newman Drywall was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 312775943, Citation Number 002, Item Number 004. The issuance date was January 20, 2010 and the final order was March 30, 2010 with respect to a workplace located at 4915 River Road, Columbus, Georgia, 31904.