OSHA Inspection: WHOLESALE SIGNS IND, INC.

Issued

2014-05-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $4900.00

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 or about 05 May, 2014, at the above addressed job site, an employee was exposed to the hazard of falling while working from a scaffold without fall protection.

Issued

2014-05-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 05 May, 2014, at the above addressed job site, an employee was exposed to the hazard of falling while working on a scaffold without being trained on recognizing the hazards of working on a scaffold.

Issued

2014-05-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3570.00 · Current $3570.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:   a. On or about 05 May, 2014, at the above addressed job site, an employee was exposed to the hazard of falling while using an extension ladder that did not extend three feet past the upper landing surface.

Issued

2014-05-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3570.00 · Current $3570.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(8): Ladders placed in a location where they could be displaced by workplace activities or traffic, such as in passageways, doorways, or driveways, were not secured to prevent accidental displacement, nor was a barricade used to keep the activities or traffic away from the ladder:   a. On or about 05 May, 2014, at the above addressed job site, an employee was exposed to the hazard of falling while using an extension ladder that was not secured from displacement.

Issued

2014-05-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3570.00 · Current $3570.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13): The top or top step of a stepladder was used as a step:   a. On or about 05 May, 2014, at the above addressed job site, an employee was exposed to the hazard of falling while using the top step of an "A" frame portable ladder as a step to gain access to a scaffold.

Issued

2014-05-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize hazards related to ladders and stairways:  a. On or about 05 May, 2014, at the above addressed job site, an employee was exposed to the hazard of falling while using portable ladders to gain access to a roof of commercial building without being trained on the proper use and hazards associated with portable ladders.