OSHA Inspection: BEKIM BERISHA

Issued

Jul 15, 2014

Abate by

Aug 8, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1):     The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part:    Employees performing masonry and cleaning activities from a scaffold on the exterior of the house were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 13 feet and the employer did not initiate and maintain an accident prevention program to control and eliminate the hazards present at the jobsite in accordance with OSHA regulations.

Issued

Jul 15, 2014

Abate by

Aug 8, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2):     The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s):    Employees performing masonry and cleaning activities from a scaffold on the exterior of the house were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 13 feet and a competent person did not inspect the job site and ensure hazards were eliminated or controlled.

Issued

Jul 15, 2014

Abate by

Aug 8, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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 tube-frame scaffold were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 13 feet because the level that the employees worked from was not fully planked between the uprights.

Issued

Jul 15, 2014

Abate by

Aug 8, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · 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 tube-frame scaffold were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 13 feet because the employees were not provided with a suitable fall protection system.

Issued

Jul 15, 2014

Abate by

Aug 8, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · 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 tube-frame scaffold approximately 13 feet above the ground were exposed to the hazard of scaffold collapse because the frames did not bear on base plates.

Issued

Jul 15, 2014

Abate by

Aug 8, 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 tube-frame scaffold approximately 13 feet above the ground were exposed to the hazard of scaffold collapse because the scaffold was missing at least 12 of the locking pins or equivalent devices.

Issued

Jul 15, 2014

Abate by

Aug 8, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · 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:    Employees working from a tube-frame scaffold were exposed to injuries from falls and collapse and the employer did not ensure that the scaffold was inspected daily by a competent person and visible defects such as missing planking, non-existent guardrails, missing locking pins, no base plates, and other hazards were not identified and corrected prior to use of the scaffold.

Issued

Jul 15, 2014

Abate by

Aug 8, 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 working from a tube-frame scaffold were exposed to injuries from scaffold collapse and the employer did not ensure that the scaffolding was erected under the direction of someone acting in the capacity of a competent person before employees were allowed to access the scaffold.