OSHA Inspection: TIM MOCABY

Issued

2014-06-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(iv): Front-end loaders and similar pieces of equipment were used to support scaffold platforms when they were not specifically designed by the manufacturer for such use:    (a) On the south side of the construction site, the employer allowed two (2) employees to work from a wood pallet that was supported by the forks of a Gradall Material Handler, model G6-42A, exposing the employees to a fall hazard. The employer used a work platform that was not approved by the material handler manufacturer to install the exterior wall metal panels on a pre-engineered building from a height of approximately 16 feet above the next lower level, without fall protection.

Issued

2014-06-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section:    (a) On the south side of the construction site, employees were installing exterior wall metal panels on a pre-engineered building from a wood pallet supported by the forks of a Gradall Material Handler, model G6-42A, from a height of approximately 16 feet above the next lower level, without a fall protection system.

Issued

2014-06-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.602(c)(1)(vi): Industrial truck(s) in use did not meet the applicable requirements of design, construction, stability, inspection, testing, maintenance, and operation, as defined in American National Standards Institute B56.1-1969, Safety Standards for Powered Industrial Trucks:    (a) On the south side of the construction site, the employer allowed employees to stand and work under the elevated forks of a Gradall Material Handler, exposing the employees to a crushed-by hazard.    (b) On the south side of the construction site, the employer left a Gradall Material Handler unattended with the forks raised approximately 13-feet above ground level while two (2) employees were working from a wood pallet supported by the forks and two (2) other employees were working under the elevated portion of the equipment, exposing the employees to a fall and crushed-by hazard.