OSHA Inspection: ANTLE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

Issued

Jun 9, 2014

Abate by

Jun 19, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $0 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:    Employees working on a tubular welded frame scaffold were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 10 feet 8 inches and the level that the employees worked from was not fully planked between the uprights.

Issued

Jun 9, 2014

Abate by

Jun 19, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 is able to support employees without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end:    Employees were exposed to fall hazards because the wooden planks extended over their supports by more than three feet.

Issued

Jun 9, 2014

Abate by

Jun 19, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(15)(ii): The platform units were not secured to the scaffold to prevent their movement:   Employees were working from the tubular frame scaffold and the wooden planks were not secured to the scaffold.

Issued

Jun 9, 2014

Abate by

Jun 19, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $0 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:    Employees working on a tubular welded frame scaffold and were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 10 feet 8 inches and the employees were not provided with a suitable fall protection system.

Issued

Jun 9, 2014

Abate by

Jun 19, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $0 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:    Employees working from a tubular welded frame scaffold approximately 10 feet 8 inches above the ground were exposed to the hazard of scaffold collapse and the frames did not bear on base plates.

Issued

Jun 9, 2014

Abate by

Jun 19, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:   Employees working from a tubular welded frame scaffold approximately 10 feet 8 inches above the ground were exposed to the hazard of scaffold collapse and the scaffolding did not have diagonal bracing that secured the top vertical members next to the house together laterally.

Issued

Jun 9, 2014

Abate by

Jun 19, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(4): End frames of tubular welded frame scaffolding were not locked together vertically by use of pins or equivalent means in areas where uplift could occur:    Employees working from a tubular welded frame scaffold approximately 10 feet 8 inches above the ground were exposed to the hazard of scaffold collapse and the scaffold was missing eight of the locking pins or equivalent devices.

Issued

Jun 9, 2014

Abate by

Jun 26, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:  The tubular welded frame scaffold was not inspected daily by a competent person and visible defects such as missing planking, planking not secured, non-existent guardrails, inadequate cross bracing, missing locking pins, no base plates, and other hazards were not identified and corrected prior to use of the scaffold.

Issued

Jun 9, 2014

Abate by

Jun 26, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:  Employees were working from a tubular frame scaffold and the scaffolding was not erected under the direction of someone acting in the capacity of a competent person before employees were allowed to access the scaffold.

Issued

Jun 9, 2014

Abate by

Jun 19, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(15): Ladders were used on scaffolds to increase the working level height of employees:   An employee worked from a 6 foot portable step ladder which was placed on a framed scaffold two sections high to increase the working level of the employee.

Issued

Jun 9, 2014

Abate by

Jun 19, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladders were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:    An employee worked from a 6-foot stepladder placed on a scaffold and leaned against the house and the self-supporting legs were not open and the ladder was not used in the manner for which it was designed.

Issued

Jun 9, 2014

Abate by

Jun 19, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(14): Each employee working on, at, above, or near wall openings (including those with chutes attached), where the outside bottom edge of the wall opening was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels and the inside bottom edge of the wall opening is less than 39 inches (1.0 M) above the walking/working surface, is not protected from falling by the use of a guardrail system, a safety net system, or a personal fall arrest system:    Employee were exposed to the hazard of falling approximately 9 feet 6 inches from the second floor door openings while handing out insulation and the employees were not protected from falling by the use of a guardrail system, a safety net system, or a personal fall arrest system.