OSHA Inspection: CHICAGO BUILDING IMPROVEMENT, INC.

Issued

2014-07-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-07-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds shall be fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as follows:  a. On or about June 05, 2014, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee was staging material from a tubular welded scaffold, approximately eighteen (18) feet above the ground, which did not have the working level fully planked, thereby exposing the employee to the hazards associated with falls.

Issued

2014-07-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-07-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(i): Each end of a platform 10 feet or less in length shall not extend over its support more than 12 inches (30 cm) unless the platform is designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees and/or materials without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end.  a.  On or about June 05, 2014, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee was staging material from a tubular welded scaffold that had a platform extending greater than eighteen (>18") inches past its supports. Thereby exposing the employee to a fall of approximately eighteen (18) feet.

Issued

2014-07-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-07-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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.  a. On or about June 05, 2014, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee was staging material from a tubular welded scaffold, approximately eighteen (18) feet above the ground, which was not provided with an access ladder, thereby exposing the employee to the hazards associated with falls.

Issued

2014-07-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-07-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(3): Frames and panels shall be joined together vertically by coupling or stacking pins or equivalent means:  a. On or about June 05, 2014, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee was staging material from a tubular welded scaffold, approximately eighteen (18) feet above the ground, which had frames that were not joined together vertically by using stacking pins, thereby exposing the employee to the hazards associated with scaffolding collapse.

Issued

2014-07-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-07-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems shall be installed along all open sides and ends of platforms. Guardrail systems shall be installed before the scaffold is released for use by employees other than erection/dismantling crews:  a. On or about June 05, 2014, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee was staging material from a tubular welded scaffold, approximately eighteen (18) feet above the ground, which was not provided with a complete guardrail system, thereby exposing the employee to the hazards associated with falls.