OSHA Inspection: BISMARK CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INCORPORATED

Issued

2014-02-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4410.00 · Current $3700.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(8): Direct access to or from another surface was used when the scaffold was more than 14 inches (36 cm) horizontally and/or 24 inches (61 cm) vertically from the other surface:    Jobsite: Employees were having direct access to/from the roof from/to the scissor's lift platform where the distances between two (2) surfaces were 14.5 inches horizontally and 34.75 inches vertically.       On or about December 05, 2013, one of employees fell approximately 19 feet 6 inches to the ground while having direct access as stated above, and the employee sustained seroius injuries from the incident.