OSHA Inspection: PDW MASONRY CO, LLC

Issued

2014-01-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(4): End frames of tubular welded frame scaffolding were not locked together vertically by use of pins or equivalent means in areas where uplift could occur:    a)   In front of building 246 - on or about September 18, 2013, a tubular welded frame scaffold, three sections high, was missing pins that secure each section together, exposing employees up to a 12-foot fall hazard.      ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION ARE NOT REQUIRED

Issued

2014-01-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5600.00 · Current $3360.00 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)   In front of building 246 - on or about September 18, 2013, several employees were working from a tubular welded frame scaffold without midrails and no other means of fall protection, exposing employees up to a 12-foot fall hazard.       ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION ARE NOT REQUIRED       PDW Masonry Company, LLC 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 312772080, citation number 1, item 004 and was affirmed as final order July 15, 2009, with respect to a workplace located at 1940 Princeton Ave., College Park, Georgia.