OSHA Inspection: HEADWALL CONSTRUCTION & PROJECT MANAGEMENT, INC.

Issued

Apr 1, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 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. Site - Employees were not protected from falls of up to 17 feet while performing siding work from a fabricated frame scaffold which was not fully decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports.

Issued

Apr 1, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(4): Each end of a platform, not cleated or otherwise restrained by hooks or equivalent means, did not extend over the centerline of its support at least 6 inches (15 cm):  a. Site - Employees were not protected from falls of up to 17 feet while performing siding work from a fabricated frame scaffold which had several planks that did not extend at least 6 inches over the support.

Issued

Apr 1, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(8): At all points of a scaffold where the platform changes direction, such as turning a corner, the platform that rests on a bearer at an angle other than a right angle was not laid first:  a. Site - Employees were not protected from falls of up to 17 feet while performing siding work from planks which connected fabricated frame scaffolds and pump jack scaffolds at approximately a 45 degree angle and did not rest directly on a bearer and were not laid first.

Issued

Apr 1, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1)(ii): Guys, ties, and/or braces were not installed at the closest horizontal member to the 4:1 height of the scaffold:   a. Site - Employees were not protected from scaffold collapse when the fabricated frame scaffolding was not adequately secured to the structure.

Issued

Apr 1, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(ii): A toeboard was not erected along the edge of platforms more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower levels for a distance sufficient to protect employees below:  a. Site - Employees were not protected from falling objects while performing siding work when toeboards were not installed on the scaffold.

Issued

Apr 1, 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. Site - Employees were not protected from falls of up to 17 feet when safe access was not provided and employees used the scaffold frames to ascend and descend the scaffold.

Issued

Apr 1, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(8): Employee(s) were not prohibited from working on scaffolds covered with snow, ice or other slippery material(s):   a. Site - Employees were not protected from falls of up to 17 feet while performing siding work from a scaffold which had several planks that were coated in ice.

Issued

Apr 1, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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. Site - Employees were not protected from falls of up to 17 feet while performing siding work from a scaffold when adequate fall protection was not used.

Issued

Apr 1, 2014

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:     a. Site - The scaffold was not inspected by a competent person on a daily basis, the scaffold contained deficiencies including but not limited to lack of fall protection, inadequate access, and inadequate planking that exposed employees to fall hazards of up to 17 feet.

Issued

Apr 1, 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:  a. Site - The scaffold was not erected by a competent person, the scaffold contained deficiencies including but not limited to lack of fall protection, inadequate access, and inadequate planking that exposed employees to fall hazards of up to 17 feet.

Issued

Apr 1, 2014

Abate by

Apr 25, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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. Site - Employees were not trained adequately to recognize hazards associated with the scaffold they were performing siding work from.