OSHA Inspection: DOVOL CONSTRUCTION

Issued

2013-11-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $756.00 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, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Cross-braces were used as a means of access.   a) West Side of the Site - Two masons were observed on a tubular welded frame scaffold without a ladder for access exposing them to a 13 foot fall hazard, on or about 10/21/13.

Issued

2013-11-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1008.00 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) West Side of the Site - Two masons were observed on a tubular welded frame scaffold without fall protection exposing them to a 13 foot fall hazard, on or about 10/21/13.

Issued

2013-11-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1008.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(3): Each employee in a hoist area was not protected from falling 6 feet (1.8m) or more to lower levels by guardrail systems or personal fall arrest systems:   a) West Side of the Site - A mason was observed using a wheel hoist on a scaffold where fall protection was not provided exposing him to a 13 foot fall hazard, on or about 10/21/13.