OSHA Inspection: WINTER PARK DRYWALL AND STUCCO, LLC

Issued

2014-04-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms:    a) For the jobsite off of US 17-92 across from Lowes in Fern Park, FL, as observed on or about 04/03/2014.  Employees were exposed to fall hazards of up to 16-feet while working from scaffolding platforms that were missing guardrails entirely.

Issued

2014-04-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(ii): 29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(II): The top edge height of toprails on supported scaffolds were not between 38 and 45 inches:  a)  For the jobsite off of US 17-92 across from Lowes in Fern Park, FL, as observed on or about 04/03/2014.   Railing at the ends of the scaffolding working level were only 28 inches high; employees were exposed to falls of 16-feet.

Issued

2014-04-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $800.00 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 as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):     a) For the jobsite off of US 17-92 across from Lowes in Fern Park, FL, as observed on or about 04/03/2014.  Employees were working from scaffolding platforms that were only one-third planked.

Issued

2014-04-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(3)(ii): The maximum distance from the face for plastering and lathing operations was not 18 inches (46 cm):  a) For the construction site off of US 17-92 in Fern Park, FL, across from Lowes, as observed on or about 04/03/2014.  Employees were working from a scaffold platform 16-feet high installing plywood and the gap between the scaffold platform and the building wall was measured to be 22 inches.

Issued

2014-04-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(ii): Unstable objects were used to support scaffolds or platform units:    a)  For the jobsite off of US 17-92 across from Lowes in Fern Park, FL, as observed on or about 04/03/2014.  Employees were working from scaffolding that had its legs resting on stacked pieces of scrap lumber creating an unstable scaffold footing.

Issued

2014-04-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $800.00 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:      a)  For the jobsite off of US 17-92 across from Lowe in Fern Park, FL, as observed on or about 04/03/2014.  Employees were observed climbing the scaffolding end frames since there was no ladder present for safe access or egress.

Issued

2014-04-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-07-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $800.00 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:    a)  For the jobsite off of US 17-92 across from Lowe in Fern Park, FL, as observed on or about 04/03/2014.  In that the employee(s) were working from a scaffold that was erected too far from the building, was not fully planked, had missing guardrails, had no safe access, and had unstable footings.  Employee(s) were exposed to fall hazards up to 16-feet.

Issued

2014-04-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-07-08 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 was involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work:    a)  For the jobsite off of US 17-92 across from Lowe in Fern Park, FL, as observed on or about 04/03/2014.  In that the scaffold system was erected too far from the building, was not fully planked, had missing guardrails, had no safe access, and had unstable footings.  Employee(s) were exposed to fall hazards up to 16-feet.