OSHA Inspection: ORGANISTA CONSTRUCTION

Issued

2014-05-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii): The end of a platform greater than 10 feet in length extended over its support more than 18 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform was able to support employees without tipping, or had guardrails which blocked employee access to the cantilevered end:    (a) On the east side of the residence, an employee was installing cedar siding from a 16 foot long ladder jack work platform that extended approximately 7 feet over its support, the employee was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 14-feet, 8-inches to the next lower level.

Issued

2014-05-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(ii): Unstable objects were used to support scaffolds or platform units:    (a) On the east side of the residence, unstable objects were used to support the base and raise a pump jack scaffold pole. Two employees were installing cedar siding from the scaffold, exposed to a fall of more than 30 feet to the next lower level.

Issued

2014-05-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

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) On the east side of the residence, two employees were working from a pump jack scaffold installing cedar siding on a new 2-story residence without the use of a fall protection system. The employees were exposed to a fall of more than 30 feet to the next lower level.    (b) On the east side of the residence, an employee was installing cedar siding from a ladder jack scaffold without the use of a fall protection system.  The employee was exposed to a fall of approximately 14-feet, 8-inches to the next lower level.

Issued

2014-05-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-07-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 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)  The employer did not ensure employees working from pump jack and ladder jack scaffolds had received training by a qualified person that would have allowed them to recognize and control the hazards associated with working from these types of scaffold systems.