OSHA Inspection: BUCHANAN FIREPLACE LLC

Issued

2014-01-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): Scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, and 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.    Jobsite:  Employees climbed the scaffold end frames to access the work area.  The scaffold did not include ladder or other safe means of safe access.  On or about September 26, 2013, an employee fell from the scaffold and was seriously injured.

Issued

2014-01-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

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.  Jobsite:  Employees were not adequately trained in scaffold safety.