OSHA Inspection: MEDENWALD INCORPORATED

Issued

2014-11-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6300.00 · Current $3150.00 Reduced

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 as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):    a) On or about June 25, 2014, at the above addressed job site, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while installing and removing formwork and pouring concrete from a fabricated frame scaffold that was not fully planked.    PLEASE NOTE THAT DOCUMENTATION AND CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED.

Issued

2014-11-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6300.00 · Current $3150.00 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:    a) On or about June 25, 2014, at the above addressed job site, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while installing and removing formwork and pouring concrete from a fabricated frame scaffold that lacked base plates and mud sills.     PLEASE NOTE THAT DOCUMENTATION AND CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED.

Issued

2014-11-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  a) On or about June 25, 2014, at the above addressed job site, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while installing and removing formwork and pouring concrete from a deficient fabricated frame scaffold that lacked base plates, access ladders, and was not fully planked, had not been inspected by a competent person before each work shift.  PLEASE NOTE THAT DOCUMENTATION AND CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED.

Issued

2014-11-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6300.00 · Current $3150.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(3): Supported scaffold poles, legs, post, frames, and/or uprights were not plumb and braced to prevent swaying and displacement:    a)   On or about June 25, 2014, at the above addressed job site, employees were exposed to fall hazard while installing and removing formwork and pouring concrete from a scaffold that had a displaced upper end frame and was not plumb.     PLEASE NOTE THAT DOCUMENTATION AND CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED.

Issued

2014-11-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6300.00 · Current $3150.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:    a)  On or about June 25, 2014, at the above addressed job site, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while installing and removing formwork and pouring concrete while standing on concrete block walls without a means of conventional fall protection.     PLEASE NOTE THAT DOCUMENTATION AND CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED.

Issued

2014-11-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  a)  On or about June 25, 2014, at the above addressed job site, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while installing and removing formwork and pouring concrete on a concrete block wall without a means of conventional fall protection, had not been trained by a competent person in the use of personal fall arrest systems.  PLEASE NOTE THAT DOCUMENTATION AND CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED.

Issued

2014-11-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6300.00 · Current $3150.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:    a) On or about June 25, 2014, at the above addressed job site, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while installing and removing formwork and pouring concrete and using portable extension ladders that did not extend 3 feet above the upper landing.    PLEASE NOTE THAT DOCUMENTATION AND CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED.