OSHA Inspection: CHELCO CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

2013-12-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $200.00 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:       a) 3009 Armond Blvd., Destrehan, LA; On or about 12/03/13, the employer allowed employees to work from a scaffold level that was not fully planked.

Issued

2013-12-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $100.00 Reduced

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) 3009 Armond Blvd., Destrehan, LA; On or about 12/03/13, the employer allowed employees to work from a scaffold without base plates installed to provide the required support.

Issued

2013-12-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $100.00 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, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.      a) 3009 Armond Blvd, Destrehan, LA; On or about 12/03/13, the employer allowed employees to access and egress two scaffolds while not having a ladder attached.

Issued

2013-12-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $100.00 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:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.      a) 3009 Armond Blvd., Destrehan, LA; On or about 4/17/13, the employer allowed employees to erect, dismantle, and move scaffolds without the supervision of a competent person.

Issued

2013-12-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $100.00 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) 3009 Armond Blvd., Destrehan, LA; On or about 12/03/13, the employer did not ensure that employees working from a scaffold approximately 13 feet above the ground was protected by a complete guardrail system or wore personal fall arrest systems.

Issued

2013-12-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(w)(2): Scaffold casters and wheels were not locked with positive wheel and/or wheel and swivel locks, or equivalent means, to prevent movement of the scaffold while the scaffold was used in a stationary manner:      a) 3009 Armond Blvd., Destrehan, LA; On or about, 12/03/13 the employer allowed employees to work from a rolling scaffold that did not have all wheel breaks engaged. The employees were 8 feet above the ground.