OSHA Inspection: R.K.D., INC.

Issued

Sep 10, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,020 · Current $1,000 Reduced

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. On or about August 28, 2013, northeast side of the building, employees working underneath other employees on the scaffold system were not wearing hard hats, exposing themselves to head injuries.    Abatement Certification and Documentation are not required

Issued

Sep 10, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,000 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):    a. On or about August 28, 2013, northeast side of the building, each working level of a two buck high scaffold system was not fully planked, exposing employees to an 11 feet fall hazard.    Abatement Certification and Documentation are not required

Issued

Sep 10, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 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:    a. On or about August 28, 2013, northeast side of the building, employees working from a 2 buck high scaffold system were not protected from falling 11 feet by the use of a guardrail system, safety net system or personal fall arrest system.    Abatement Certification and Documentation are not required

Issued

Sep 10, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,020 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(ii): A toeboard was not erected along the edge of platforms more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower levels for a distance sufficient to protect employees below:    a. On or about August 29, 2013, northeast side of the building, the two buck high scaffold system did not have toeboards, exposing employees to head injuries.    Abatement Certification and Documentation are not required

Issued

Sep 10, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,700 · Current $1,670 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:    a. On or about August 29, 2013, northeast side of the building, the two buck high scaffold system did not have a safe means of acess or egress.  The employees climbed the scaffold rungs.    Abatement Certification and Documentation are not required