OSHA Inspection: ANTHONY MORRIS

Issued

Sep 30, 2014

Abate by

Oct 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:     a) Jobsite located at 12 W Odum Street - On or about September 29, 2014, while employees worked from a tubular welded frame scaffold system overhead, other employees were working below and near overhead work without head protection, exposing employees to struck-by hazards.                  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATON IS REQUIRED

Issued

Sep 30, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 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/or walkway was not at least 18 inches (46 cm) wide:     a)  Jobsite located at 12 W Odum Street, Hazlehurst GA - On or about May 29, 2014, employees performing stucco work while standing on a 9.5 inch wide wood plank was set-up 11 feet above the ground, spanning from a scaffold frame upright to another upright, which resulted in a fall hazard.        ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION IS NOT REQUIRED

Issued

Sep 30, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(i): Each platform unit (e.g., scaffold plank, fabricated plank, fabricated deck, or fabricated platform) was not installed so that the space between adjacent units and the space between the platform and the uprights were no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, except where the employer can demonstrate that a wider space is necessary.   a)  Scaffolding located at 12 W Odum Street, Hazlehurst GA - On or about May 29, 2014, the employer failed to ensure that the first tier tubular welded frame scaffolding was fully planked for employees performing work, exposing employees to 7-foot fall hazard.       ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED

Issued

Sep 30, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:   a)  Jobsite located at 12 W Odum Street, Hazlehurst GA - On or about May 29, 2014, the tubular welded frame scaffolding was not supported with leveling jacks, and base plates on the uprights near the face of the wall, exposing employees to fall hazards up to 11 feet.                                                     ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED

Issued

Sep 30, 2014

Penalty

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

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)  Jobsite located at 12 W Odum Street, Hazlehurst GA - On or about May 29, 2014, employees performing stucco work while standing on a 9.5 inch wide wood plank was set-up 11 feet above the ground, spanning from a scaffold frame upright to another upright, which resulted in a fall hazard.       ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION IS NOT REQUIRED

Issued

Sep 30, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were 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 other scaffold, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.   a) Jobsite located 12 West Odum Street, Hazlehurst, GA - On or about May 29, 2014, employees used the scaffold cross bracing and uprights to gain access to the 1st and second tier scaffold system, exposing employees to fall hazards up to 11 feet.      ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED

Issued

Sep 30, 2014

Abate by

Oct 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)(a)(LOCATION)   a) Jobsite located at 12 W Odum Street, Hazlehurst GA - On or about, and at times prior to May 29, 2014, the employer failed to develop, implement and maintain at its workplace a written hazard communication program, containing at least how relevant information about material data sheets, warning labels and training that met the minimum safety requirements for handling chemicals such as, but were not limited to adhesives, Portland cement, and caulking, exposing employees to chemical hazards.               ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED