OSHA Inspection: K HARVEY & ASSOCIATES CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, LLC

Issued

May 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:   a. At the perimeter of the building, employees were exposed to overhead hazards, in that, head protection such as hard hats were not used while working under a scaffold erected at the perimeter of the building during stucco work.

Issued

May 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Scaffold platforms and walkways were not at least 18 inches wide:    a. At the perimeter of the building, a two frame tubular welded scaffold was used exposing employees to an 11 feet fall hazard, in that, the employees were standing on single plank platforms while reaching elevations at the exterior of the building.

Issued

May 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used:  a. At the perimeter of the building, employees were expose to a 14 feet fall hazard, in that, a ladder or other safe means of access was not provided on a two frame scaffold erected during exterior stucco work.

Issued

May 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.  a. At the north side of the building, employees in the progress of stucco operations were exposed to a 14 feet fall hazard, in that, a material handling area had the railings removed on two scaffold sections and not replaced.

Issued

May 15, 2014

Abate by

Jun 4, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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 as required by paragraph (a)(1)-(5) of this section:    a. During exterior stucco work, employees were gaining access to work elevations by using a two frame scaffold erected at the perimeter of the building where guardrails were removed and not replaced, cross braces were not installed at the wall side, an access ladder was not used, and employees were working by standing on single plank platforms. Employees involved in scaffold use were exposed to a fall hazard 14 feet, in that, training and education was not provided to include the following:  1. The nature of fall hazards and any falling object hazards.  2. The correct procedures for dealing with erecting, maintaining, and disassembling the fall protection system and falling object protection system being used.  3. The proper use of the scaffold, and the proper handling of material on the scaffold.  4. The maximum intended load and load carrying capacities of the scaffold.  5. Any other pertinent requirements of Subpart "L" (Scaffolds) under 29 CFR 1926.

Issued

May 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $5,600 · Current $5,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): Tubular welded frames and panels were not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which would have secured vertical members together laterally:   a. At the perimeter of the building, a two frame tubular welded scaffold was used exposing employees to a 14 feet fall hazard, in that, the scaffold did not have cross braces at the wall side.   The K Harvey & Associates Construction Services, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 726401, citation number 01, item number 03, with respect to a workplace located at 12001 Collegiate Way Orlando, FL 32817 and became a final order of the Review Commission on 12/14/2012.