OSHA Inspection: O'BOYLE STUCCO INC.

Issued

2014-08-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1750.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:    a) Road Scholar Building, Dunmore, PA: Employees working on supported scaffolding at heights of 12 to 24 feet were not protected from falling to the lower ground level, as observed on or about May 6, 2014.    Abatement Observed During Inspection.

Issued

2014-08-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(iii): Midrails, screens, mesh, intermediate vertical members, solid panels, or equivalent structural members were not installed between the top edge of the guardrail system and the scaffold platform:  a) Road Scholar building, Dunmore, PA: Midrails or other equivalent structural members were not installed on supported scaffold units exposing employees to a 12-18 foot fall hazard, as observed on or about May 6, 2014.  Abatement Observed During Inspection.

Issued

2014-08-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1250.00 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 as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):    a) Road Scholar building, Dunmore, PA: Work platforms on each scaffold level were not fully planked exposing employees to 12-24 foot fall hazards, as observed on or about May 6, 2014.    Abatement Observed During Inspection.

Issued

2014-08-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) Road Scholar building, Dunmore, PA: Supported scaffold frames, erected along the north side of the building, did not bear on base plates or other adequate firm foundations, as observed on or about May 6, 2014.  Abatement Observed During Inspection.

Issued

2014-08-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1): Supported scaffolds with a height to base width (including outrigger supports, if used) ratio of more than four to one (4:1) were not restrained from tipping by guying, tying, bracing, or equivalent means, as set forth in subparagraphs (i) - (iii) of this paragraph:  a) Road Scholar building, Dunmore, PA: Supported scaffolding, erected to a height of 24 feet (5 foot wide frames), was not restrained from tipping, as observed on or about May 6, 2014.  Abatement Observed During Inspection.

Issued

2014-08-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

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 other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used:    a) Road Scholar building, Dunmore, PA: Employees used the end frames of walk through type scaffolding and cross bracing as a means of access to scaffold work platforms, as observed on or about May 6, 2014.    Abatement Observed During Inspection.

Issued

2014-08-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1250.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:    a) Road Scholar building, Dunmore, PA: Employees working on top of the trailer dock roof were exposed to an 18 foot fall hazard, as observed on or about May 6, 2014.    Abatement Observed During Inspection.

Issued

2014-08-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $750.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladder(s) were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:    a) Road Scholar building, Dunmore, PA: An aluminum extension ladder was being used to support wooden scaffold work platforms, as observed on or about May 6, 2014.    Abatement Observed During Inspection.