OSHA Inspection: GENESIS CONSTRUCTION SOLUTIONS, INC.

Issued

Apr 23, 2014

Abate by

May 5, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $2,450 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. On or about 09 April, 2014, at the above addressed job site, employees were exposed to the hazard of falling while working on a scaffold that was not fully planked.

Issued

Apr 23, 2014

Abate by

May 5, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $2,450 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(i): Footings were not level, sound, rigid and capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement:    a. On or about 09 April, 2014, at the above addressed job site, employees were exposed to the hazard of falling while working on a scaffold that was supported by base plates which were resting on pieces of wood that were not flush and level with the ground.

Issued

Apr 23, 2014

Abate by

May 5, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms are 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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface shall be used. Cross braces shall not be used as a means of access:   a. On or about 09 April, 2014, at the above addressed job site; employees were exposed to the hazard of falling while using the lowest point of a scaffold platform, which was over two (2) feet from the ground, to gain access to the working level of the scaffold.

Issued

Apr 23, 2014

Abate by

May 5, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(7): Steps and rungs of ladder and stairway type access shall line up vertically with each other between rest platforms:   a. On or about 09 April, 2014, at the above addressed job site; employees were exposed to the hazard of falling while climbing the sides of scaffold to access the upper level of a scaffold with steps and rungs of the scaffold frame which were not vertically aligned with each other.

Issued

Apr 23, 2014

Abate by

May 5, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(9)(iii): When erecting or dismantling tubular welded frame scaffolds, (end) frames, with horizontal members that are parallel, level and are not more than 22 inches apart vertically may be used as climbing devices for access, provided they are erected in a manner that creates a usable ladder and provides good hand hold and foot space:  a. On or about 09 April, 2014, at the above addressed job site; employees were exposed to the hazard of falling while using the sides of a scaffold as a ladder where the rungs or steps on the scaffold had planking on the climbing surface near the top of the scaffold.

Issued

Apr 23, 2014

Abate by

May 5, 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. On or about 09 April, 2014, at the above addressed job site; employees were exposed to the hazard of falling while working from a scaffold that was not erected properly by a competent person.

Issued

Apr 23, 2014

Abate by

May 5, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $2,450 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:    a. On or about 09 April, 2014, at the above addressed job site; employees were exposed to the hazard of falling while working from a scaffold without any method of fall protection.

Issued

Apr 23, 2014

Abate by

May 5, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $2,450 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. On or about 09 April, 2014, at the above addressed job site; employees were exposed to the hazard of falling while working on a scaffold without being trained on recognizing the hazards of working on a scaffold including how to properly erect, inspect, and use a scaffold.