OSHA Inspection: PREMIER BUILDERS MN LLC

Issued

2014-02-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1400.00 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) Worksite, Northeast - Employees were working on a scaffold at the heights of approximately 22 feet. The scaffold base plate was not positioned on a mud sill to prevent settling; on or about 11/15/13.      Note: The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

2014-02-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1400.00 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.      a) Worksite, Northeast - Employees were working on a scaffold at the heights of approximately 22 feet. Personnel were accessing the top platform by climbing the scaffold. There was no safe access; on or about 11/15/13.        Note: The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

2014-02-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, an activity, which should only be performed by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.     a) Worksite, Northeast - Employees were working on a scaffold at the heights of approximately 22 feet. The scaffold was not joined together vertically; and fall protection system(s) and baseplates were not installed. The scaffold was constructed by workers without direction from a competent person; on or about 11/15/13.      Note: The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

2014-02-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.      a) Worksite, Northeast - Employees were working on a scaffold at the heights of approximately 22 feet without being protected from falls. Personal falls arrest systems or guardrails were not used; on or about 11/15/13.           Note: The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

2014-02-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(3): Frames and panels were not joined together vertically by coupling or stacking pins or equivalent means:    a) Worksite, Northeast - Employees were working on a scaffold at heights of approximately 22 feet. A small scaffold structure was positioned on a larger structure without being secured to the lower scaffold; on or about 11/15/13.      Note: The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

2014-02-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1400.00 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) Worksite, Northeast - Employees were working on a scaffold at the heights of approximately 22 feet. The workers using the scaffold system were not trained to recognize relative hazards; on or about 11/15/13.    Note: The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.