OSHA Inspection: SIMPSON ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.

Issued

Aug 25, 2014

Abate by

Oct 5, 2014

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $4,410 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(14): Makeshift devices, such as boxes and barrels were used on top of scaffold platforms to increase the working level height of employees:    1)  On or about February 26, 2014, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while working on a box of approximate 1 foot in height by 1 foot wide which was placed on the second level of a mobile scaffold platform of approximate 8 feet in length by 6 feet in width.       2)  On or about February 26, 2014, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee was exposed to a fall hazard while standing on pieces of wood that were placed through the tubular structure of a two level high mobile scaffold and were located approximately 2 feet below the upper guardrail.  The temporary working platform at the second level of the scaffold where the wood was located measured approximately 8 feet in length by 6 feet in width.

Issued

Aug 25, 2014

Abate by

Oct 5, 2014

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $5,040 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:    1)    On or about February 26, 2014, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were not protected from falling with a means of conventional fall protection system while removing fireproofing material from a beam.  Employees were performing the work from a scaffold which measured approximately 8 feet in length by 6 feet in width and 12 feet in height.        2)    On or about February 26, 2014, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee was not protected from falling with a means of conventional fall protection system while removing fireproofing material from a beam.  The employee was performing the work from a scaffold which measured approximately 8 feet in length by 6 feet in width and 12 feet in height.

Issued

Aug 25, 2014

Abate by

Oct 5, 2014

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $4,410 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems shall be installed along all open sides and ends of platforms. Guardrail systems shall be installed before the scaffold is released for use by employees other than erection/dismantling crews:     1)    On or about February 27, 2014, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while working from a scaffold which measured approximately 8 feet in length by 6 feet in width and 12 feet in height and was missing a mid-rail at one of its ends.

Issued

Aug 25, 2014

Abate by

Oct 5, 2014

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $4,410 Reduced

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:    On or about February 26, 2014, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were not trained to recognize hazards associated with scaffold platforms while removing asbestos from the surface of a structure and were exposed to a fall hazard.