OSHA Inspection: PERKINS CONCRETE, INC.

Issued

Mar 13, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,380 · Current $1,190 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) For the jobsite at 12400 Seminole Blvd., Largo, FL, as observed on or about 01/15/2014, employees worked on scaffold platforms that were 12 ft. 2 in. high. The platform working levels were only 1/6 to 2/3 fully planked.

Issued

Mar 13, 2014

Abate by

Mar 24, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 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.        a) For the jobsite at 12400 Seminole Blvd., Largo, FL, as observed on or about 01/15/2014, Employees had to climb the scaffold frame due to there being no ladder access for the erected scaffold. Employees were exposed to fall hazards of up 13 ft. 2 in.

Issued

Mar 13, 2014

Abate by

Mar 20, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.    a) For the jobsite at 12400 Seminole Blvd., Largo, FL, as observed on or about 01/15/2014, employees were exposed to fall hazards of 13 ft. 2 in. while walking/working off of a scaffold platform that was missing guardrails.