OSHA Inspection: WIESLAW PRUSZKO LLC

Issued

2014-09-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii): An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance shall be conducted at least once every three years.    WORKPLACE: The operator of the Lull model 644B-27 rough terrain forklift truck had not received additional training, evaluation and/or re-certification since July 27, 2007.

Issued

2014-09-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Employees shall be provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations present potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.    WORKSITE: The employees, installing fascia board and soffits using pneumatic nailing devices were not wearing eye protection.

Issued

2014-09-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(1): Except as provided in paragraphs (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(4), (a)(5) and (g) of this section, each scaffold and scaffold component shall be capable of supporting, without failure, its own weight and at least 4 times the maximum intended load applied or transmitted to it.    WORKSITE:  The Star Industries, work platform measuring 16 feet long by 4 feet wide and used by employees to install fascia board and soffits around the roof eave, exceeded the maximum allowing distance (10 inches) beyond the overall width of the Lull model 644B-27 rough terrain forklift truck.

Issued

2014-09-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(iv): Front-end loaders and similar pieces of equipment shall not be used to support scaffold platforms unless they have been specifically designed by the manufacturer for such use.  WORKSITE:  The Lull model 644B-37 rough terrain forklift truck, no serial number was not designed by the manufacturer to support the elevated work platform being used by employees to install fascia board and soffits at the roof eave.

Issued

2014-09-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms are 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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface shall be used. Crossbraces shall not be used as a means of access.  WORKSITE:  The employees were not provided with appropriate access onto the work platform.

Issued

2014-09-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): For all scaffolds not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, each employee shall be protected by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.    WORKSITE:  The employees installing fascia board and soffits from an elevated work platform were not protected from the hazard of falling more than 10 feet by the used of appropriate fall protection system.

Issued

2014-09-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer shall have each employee who performs 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. The training shall include the following areas, as applicable:  WORKSITE: Then employees engaged in residential framing activities from scaffolding were not provided training and information in the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used or the procedures necessary to eliminate or minimize those hazards.

Issued

2014-09-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.602(c)(1)(vi): All industrial trucks in use shall 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.    WORKPLACE: The operator of the Lull model 644B-37 rough terrain forklift truck, no serial number had left the worksite while employees were working from the elevated work platform.