OSHA Inspection: TIMOTHY R. EDSON, INC.

Issued

2013-12-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):  a.  On or about November 21, 2013, the scaffold platform was not fully planked, exposing the employee to a 13 feet fall hazard.

Issued

2013-12-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  a.  On or about November 21, 2013, the scaffold was missing base plates, exposing employees to scaffold collapse hazards.

Issued

2013-12-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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.  On or about November 21, 2013, the scaffold platform did not have adequate guardrails, exposing the employee to a 13 feet fall hazard.

Issued

2013-12-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $960.00 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:  a.  On or about November 21, 2013, the scaffold platform was not erected under the supervision of a competent person.

Issued

2013-12-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  a.  On or about November 21, 2013, employees were not trained on the fall hazards associated with working from a scaffold platform, and the procedures to control or minimize these hazards.