OSHA Inspection: ALESSI-KEYES CONSTRUCTION CO.

Issued

Dec 27, 2013

Abate by

Jan 7, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $2,940 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(1): Scaffold(s) and scaffold(s) component(s) were not capable of supporting, without failure, its own weight and at least four times the maximum intended load applied or transmitted to it:    On or about December 2, 2013 and times prior thereto, subcontracted employees of Hundley Construction performing framing on a First Security Bank being constructed at or near 15420 Chenal Parkway in Little Rock, Arkansas.  The employees observed were working from two site-constructed scaffolds which consisted of two ladder jack platforms, three ladders, and a Skyjack scissor lift.  The employees had overloaded the weight capacity specified by the manufacturer for the scaffold components to include but not limited to the ladders and the ladder jack platforms, exposing employees  to fall hazards.

Issued

Dec 27, 2013

Abate by

Jan 7, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6): Scaffolds were not designed by a qualified person:  On or about December 2, 2013 and times prior thereto, subcontracted employees of Hundley Construction performed framing on a First Security Bank being constructed at or near 15420 Chenal Parkway in Little Rock, Arkansas.  The subcontracted employees were observed working from two scaffold platforms which the scaffolding had not been designed by a qualified person, exposing the employees to fall hazards.

Issued

Dec 27, 2013

Abate by

Jan 7, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(10): Scaffold components manufactured by different manufacturers were modified in order to intermix them and a competent person did not determine that the resulting scaffold was structurally sound:  On or about December 2, 2013 and times prior thereto, subcontracted employees of Hundley Construction performed framing on a First Security Bank being constructed at or near 15420 Chenal Parkway in Little Rock, Arkansas.  Employees were observed working from two site-constructed scaffolds which consisted of two ladder jack platforms, three ladders, and a Skyjack scissor lift.  The scaffold components were manufactured by different manufacturers and were intermixed potentially resulting in a scaffold which was not structurally sound, exposing the employees to fall hazards.

Issued

Dec 27, 2013

Abate by

Jan 7, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.  On or about December 2, 2013 and times prior thereto, subcontracted employees of Hundley Construction performed framing on a First Security Bank being constructed at or near 15420 Chenal Parkway in Little Rock, Arkansas.  Employees were observed working from two site-constructed scaffolds which consisted of two ladder jack platforms, three ladders, and a Skyjack scissor lift.  The site constructed scaffolds were erected by employees who were not trained and selected by a competent person, exposing employees to fall hazards.

Issued

Dec 27, 2013

Abate by

Jan 7, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $2,940 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(k)(3): The ladder jack was not designed and constructed to bear on the side rails and ladder rungs or on ladder rungs alone:    On or about December 2, 2013 and times prior thereto, subcontracted employees of Hundley Construction performed framing on a First Security Bank being constructed at or near 15420 Chenal Parkway in Little Rock, Arkansas.  The employees were observed working from two site-constructed scaffolds which consisted of two ladder jack platforms, three ladders, and a Skyjack scissor lift.  The ladder jack platforms were bearing on rungs alone and did not include a length of at least ten inches on each rung, exposing employees to fall hazards.

Issued

Dec 27, 2013

Abate by

Jan 7, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(k)(4): 29 CFR 1926.452(k)(4) Ladders used to support ladder jacks were not placed, fastened, or equipped with devices to prevent slipping:  On or about December 2, 2013 and times prior thereto, subcontracted employees of Hundley Construction performed framing on the First Security Bank being constructed at or near 15420 Chenal Parkway in Little Rock, Arkansas.  Employees were observed working from two site-constructed scaffolds which consisted of two ladder jack platforms, three ladders, and a Skyjack scissor lift.  The ladders used to support the ladder jack platforms were not fastened or equipped with devices to prevent slipping, exposing the employees to fall hazards.