OSHA Inspection: SCATES MAIN PROPERTY LTD.

Issued

2014-06-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-07-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part:        An employee was exposed to falls of approximately 7 feet 6 inches while installing structural steel on a retail building, and the employer did not maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspection of the jobsite by a competent person.

Issued

2014-06-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-07-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

The employer did not initiate and maintain a safety program which provides for frequent and regular inspections of jobsites, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent person (i.e., a person who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings or working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous to employees, and who has the authority to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate them):                                                                         An employee installing structural steel while approximately 7 feet 6 inches from a lower level was exposed to fall hazards and the employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person.

Issued

2014-06-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-07-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Personal fall arrest systems, when stopping a fall, were not rigged such that an employee could not free fall more than 6 feet (1.8 m) nor contact any lower level:        An employee was exposed to falls of approximately 7 feet 6 inches while using a 6 foot shock absorber lanyard which was not rigged to prevent contact of the lower level.

Issued

2014-06-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-07-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1120.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(2)(ii): The employer did not assure that each employee, as necessary, had been trained by a competent person in the correct procedures for erecting, maintaining, disassembling and inspecting the fall protection systems to be used:                                                                  An employee installing structural steel while approximately 7 feet 6 inches from a lower level was exposed to fall hazards and the employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided training on the use of the personal fall arrest system used.