OSHA Inspection: RTP CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Aug 15, 2014

Abate by

Aug 21, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(g)(2)(iii): Flexible cords were not used in continuous lengths without splice or tap.    a) Jobsite: 2217 McKean St, Philadelphia, PA - On or about 4/14/14, a flexible cord used to power a portable power tool was not used in continuous length exposing employees to electrical shock hazards.

Issued

Aug 15, 2014

Abate by

Aug 21, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,500 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.    a) Jobsite: 2217 McKean St, Philadelphia, PA - Scaffold.  On or about 4/25/14, the second working platform on the supported tubular welded frame scaffold was missing planks. Employees were installing vinyl siding from the second working platform approximately thirteen (13) feet above ground level.

Issued

Aug 15, 2014

Abate by

Aug 21, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:      a) Jobsite: 2217 McKean St, Philadelphia, PA - Scaffold.  On or about 4/25/14, the supported tubular welded frame scaffold was at risk of collapsing or shifting because the legs did not bear on base plates. Employees were installing vinyl siding from the second working platform approximately thirteen (13) feet above ground level.

Issued

Aug 15, 2014

Abate by

Aug 21, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): Frames and panels were not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which secure vertical members together laterally.  a) Jobsite: 2217 McKean St, Philadelphia, PA - On or about 4/14/14, employees were installing vinyl siding from a supported tubular welded frame scaffold, approximately 13 feet above ground level, with frames and panels missing cross, horizontal or diagonal braces, or combination thereof.

Issued

Aug 15, 2014

Abate by

Aug 21, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $900 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): A means of access for scaffold platforms more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, such as 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) Jobsite: 2217 McKean St, Philadelphia, PA - Scaffold.  On or about 4/25/14, a safe means of access was not provided for employees working from the supported tubular welded frame scaffold. Employees were installing vinyl siding from the second working platform approximately thirteen (13) feet above ground level, and accessed the scaffold via the rungs on the integral prefabricated access frames.

Issued

Aug 15, 2014

Abate by

Aug 21, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees selected by, and under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration.    a) Jobsite: 2217 McKean St, Philadelphia, PA - Scaffold.  On or about 4/25/14, no competent person supervised or directed the erection of the supported tubular welded frame scaffold in a manner that ensured the safety of the workers working from the scaffold.  Employees were installing vinyl siding from the second working platform approximately thirteen (13) feet above ground level.

Issued

Aug 15, 2014

Abate by

Dec 18, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work on a scaffold be 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) Jobsite: 2217 McKean St, Philadelphia, PA - Scaffold.  On or about 4/25/14, RTP Construction did not train their employees to recognize the hazards that are present when working from a supported tubular welded frame scaffold, and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.

Issued

Aug 15, 2014

Abate by

Dec 18, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain an accident prevention program as may be necessary to comply with the General safety and health provisions covered in 29 CFR 1926.20.    a) Jobsite: 2217 McKean St, Philadelphia, PA - Scaffold.  On or about 4/25/14, RTP Construction did not develop and implement an accident prevention program to help protect their employees from hazardous working conditions.

Issued

Aug 15, 2014

Abate by

Aug 21, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): For all scaffolds not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, each employee was not protected by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.    a) Jobsite: 2217 McKean St, Philadelphia, PA - Scaffold.  On or about 4/25/14, employees were not provided with a fall protection system while working from a supported tubular welded frame scaffold.  Employees were installing vinyl siding and were exposed to fall hazards while working from the second working platform approximately thirteen (13) feet above ground level.