OSHA Inspection: SUBURBAN LAWN & GARDEN

Issued

2014-04-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1):     Platform(s) on all working levels of scaffolds, were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and guardrail supports such that the space between adjacent units, and the space between the platform and the uprights is complete.       On or about March 20, 2014 at the Suburban Lawn & Garden facility- Employee was working on a scaffold platform at an elevated height and the working surface was not fully planked or decked.      Abatement certification for this violation is not required.

Issued

2014-04-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1120.00 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 prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.      On or about March 20, 2014 at the Suburban Lawn & Garden facility - Employee was using a tubular welded scaffold frame to access the scaffold working surface and was not provided a correct point of access.      Abatement certification for this violation is not required