OSHA Inspection: TJADEN CONSTRUCTION

Issued

2014-04-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports:    Employees were exposed to a fall hazard while installing roofing material and accessing the roof and the frame scaffold was not fully planked between the uprights or guardrails.

Issued

2014-04-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:    Employees were installing roofing material and accessing the roof from a frame scaffold and the platform was not fully planked and the employer had not provided training to the employees on the hazards associated with working from the scaffolding and procedures to minimize those hazards.

Issued

2014-04-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $0.00 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 pre-fabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface were not used:    Employees were exposed to a fall hazard while climbing the frame scaffold to install roofing material and access the roof and acceptable means of access on an off the scaffold was not provided for the employees.

Issued

2014-04-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee who is involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operation, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question:       Employees were exposed to a fall hazard while climbing the frame scaffold and the employer had not provided training to the employee on the nature of the scaffold hazards and the design criteria and the intended use of the scaffold.

Issued

2014-04-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level was not protected from falling:    Employees were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 10 feet 6 inches a while working from the frame scaffold to install roofing material and to access the roof and the employees were not protected from falling because there was no mid rail and top rail.

Issued

2014-04-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered only under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:    Employees were working from a frame scaffold installing roofing material and accessing the roof and the employees were exposed to a fall hazard because the scaffolding was not erected under the direction of someone acting in the capacity of a competent person before employees were allowed to access the scaffold.

Issued

2014-04-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10):  Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs, with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system; or, on roofs 50 feet (15.25 m) or less in width, the use of a safety monitoring system alone:  Employees were exposed to a fall hazard up to 13 feet while installing roofing material and no fall protection was being used.

Issued

2014-04-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards which enables each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize the hazards:    Employees installing roofing material were exposed to a fall hazard up to 13 feet and the employees were not provided training which would have enabled them to recognize the hazards of falling and provided them with the procedures to follow to minimize the hazards.

Issued

2014-04-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(b)(1): The employer did not verify compliance with paragraph (a) of this section by preparing a written certification record containing the name or other identity of the employee trained, the date(s) of the training, and the signature of the person who conducted the training or the signature of the employee:      The employer did not maintain evidence of the required training for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards.  There was no written documentation that included the employee name, date of the training, and the signature of the person who conducted the training or the signature of the employee.