OSHA Inspection: ROSS SEESE CONSTRUCTION & DEVELOPMENT, LLC

Issued

2014-08-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to fall hazards from an unstable supported platform:    a. On July 2, 2014, at 5960 Sunbury Road, Westerville, Ohio, employees were working from an elevated scaffold platform 16 feet wide supported by a rough terrain forklift. Due to the platform width, the platform ends moved vertically several feet as the employees walked back and forth along the platform, exposing the employees to a 20 foot fall hazard.

Issued

2014-08-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 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 walkway shall be at least 18 inches (46 cm) wide.    a. At the worksite where employees stood on a scaffold guardrail and used it as a working platform, the guardrail was not 18 inches wide thereby exposing employees to a 24 foot fall hazard.

Issued

2014-08-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(v): Fork-lifts shall not be used to support scaffold platforms unless the entire platform is attached to the fork and the fork-lift is not moved horizontally while the platform is occupied.    a. At the worksite where employees were working from an elevated scaffold platform, the forklift supporting the platform was moved to an adjacent area while the employees were still on the platform, thereby exposing the employees to a 20 foot fall hazard.

Issued

2014-08-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.602(c)(1)(viii)(A): Use of a safety platform firmly secured to the lifting carriage and/or forks.    a. At the worksite where employees used a forklift to support a platform, the platform was not secured to the forks, thereby exposing employees to a fall hazard or struck-by hazard.