OSHA Inspection: JAMES LEE SLAYTON JR.

Issued

2014-09-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1224.00 · Current $720.00 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:    On or about June 27, 2014, masonry employees were not protected by a protective helmet while working underneath and/or around a (2) tier tubular welded frame scaffold. The employees were exposed to being struck by bricks and/or falling tools from above.

Issued

2014-09-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1800.00 · Current $1080.00 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):    On or about June 27, 2014, on the west side of the construction site, employees were on the 2nd level of the tubular welded frame scaffold applying bricks. The scaffold platform was not fully planked, exposing the employees to a fall hazard of approximately (6) feet to the concrete below.

Issued

2014-09-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used:  On or about June 27, 2014, on the west side of the building, masonry employees installing brick from a (2) tier tubular welded frame scaffold were not provided with a ladder or other safe means of access. The employees had to climb either the end frames or the crosses braces to access the scaffold exposing them to fall hazards of approximately up to (12) feet to the ground below.

Issued

2014-09-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms.  On or about June 27, 2014, employees were performing masonry brick installation activities from a (2) tier tubular welded frame scaffold that was not equipped with end guardrails exposing the employees to fall hazards of up to (12) feet to the concrete below.