OSHA Inspection: VALDECI R COSTA

Issued

Nov 29, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,120 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2):     Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:    a) Left side building columns: Employees were working from the second level of a welded frame scaffold with support legs that were not resting on base plates, being exposed to a scaffold collapse hazard, on or about 9/9/2013.

Issued

Nov 29, 2013

Abate by

Dec 19, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,120 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.    a) Left side building columns: Employees were working on a tubular frame scaffold platform that had not been erected under the supervision of a competent person, on or about 9/9/13.

Issued

Nov 29, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,120 Reduced

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) Left side building columns: Employees were working from the second level of a welded frame scaffold with support legs missing cross braces, being exposed to a scaffold collapse hazard, on or about 9/9/2013.

Issued

Nov 29, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,120 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(5)(iii): The scaffold was not designed for other loads by a qualified engineer and built to withstand the tipping forces caused by those other loads being placed on the bracket-supported section(s) of the scaffold.    a) Left side building columns: Employees were working from the second level of a welded frame scaffold with loads placed on  side bracket, being exposed to a scaffold collapse hazard, on or about 9/9/2013.

Issued

Nov 29, 2013

Abate by

Dec 19, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,120 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.      a) Left side building columns: Employees that were not trained in the recognition of hazards associated with scaffolds were working from a welded tubular frame scaffold platform, on or about 9/9/2013.