OSHA Inspection: MICHEAL BERNARDO

Issued

2014-06-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-07-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Except as provided in paragraphs (b)(2)(i) and (b)(2)(ii) of this section, each scaffold platform and walkway shall be at least 18 inches (46 cm) wide.     a)     At the workplace, the employer did not ensure the platform that the employee was working from was at least 18 inches wide, thereby exposing employee to an approximate 35 foot fall hazard.

Issued

2014-06-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-07-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level shall be protected from falling to that lower level. Paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (vii) of this section establish the types of fall protection to be provided to the employees on each type of scaffold. Paragraph (g)(2) of this section addresses fall protection for scaffold erectors and dismantlers. Note to paragraph (g)(1): The fall protection requirements for employees installing suspension scaffold support systems on floors, roofs, and other elevated surfaces are set forth in subpart M of this part.     a)     At the worksite, the employer did not ensure that an employee was provided fall protection while working from a scaffold platform board, at heights greater than ten feet, thereby exposing employees to an approximate 35 foot fall hazard.

Issued

2014-06-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-07-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(14): Makeshift devices, such as but not limited to boxes and barrels, shall not be used on top of scaffold platforms to increase the working level height of employees.     a)     At the worksite, the employer did not ensure that an employee not use a five gallon bucket to increase the working level height while working from a scaffold platform, thereby exposing employees to an approximate 30 foot fall hazard.

Issued

2014-06-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-07-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1): In addition to wearing hardhats each employee on a scaffold shall be provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, or guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects. When the falling objects are too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected by any of the above-listed measures, the employer shall place such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall and shall secure those materials as necessary to prevent their falling.     a)     At the worksite, the employer did not ensure that scaffold bucks were equipped with toe boards, thereby exposing employees working below employees working above their heads to a potential struck-by hazard.

Issued

2014-06-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-07-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $600.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(c): When the employer has reason to believe that an employee lacks the skill or understanding needed for safe work involving the erection, use or dismantling of scaffolds, the employer shall retrain each such employee so that the requisite proficiency is regained. Retraining is required in at least the following situations:  29 CFR 1926.454(c)(3): Where inadequacies in an affected employee's work involving scaffolds indicate that the employee has not retained the requisite proficiency. [61 FR 46025, Aug. 30, 1996]     a)     At the worksite, the employer did not ensure that employees had a clear understanding and knowledge on the requirements to use fall protection when working from a scaffold at heights greater than 10 feet.