OSHA Inspection: ROTA

Issued

2014-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1): The employer did not use either ground fault circuit interrupters as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section or an assured equipment grounding conductor program as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of this section to protect employees on construction sites. These requirements are in addition to any other requirements for equipment grounding conductors:  a) Jobsite, 2300 South Broad Street - Employees used a Milwaukee Magnum drill (no markings) without a GFCI and/or an assured equipment grounding program, observed on or about 6/24/14.

Issued

2014-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-26 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 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) Jobsite, 2300 South Broad Street - Employees were performing stucco operations on a fabricated frame scaffold 28 feet above ground level without being fully planked, observed on or about 6/24/14.  b) Jobsite, 2300 South Broad Street - Employees were performing stucco operations from a fabricated frame scaffold 13 feet 6 inches above ground level without being fully planked, observed on or about 6/24/14.

Issued

2014-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1): Supported scaffolds with a height to base width (including outrigger supports, if used) ratio of more than four to one (4:1) shall be restrained from tipping by guying, tying, bracing, or equivalent means, as follows:  a) Jobsite, 2300 South Broad Street - Employees were performing stucco operations on a fabricated frame scaffold 28 feet above ground level without guys, ties or braces to prevent tipping and/or collapse, observed on or about 6/24/14.

Issued

2014-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access:  a) Jobsite, 2300 South Broad Street - Employees were scaling down a fabricated frame scaffold 28 feet above ground level without use of a ladder, observed on or about 6/24/14.  b) Jobsite, 2300 South Broad Street - Employees were scaling down a fabricated frame scaffold 13  feet 6 inches above ground level without use of a ladder, observed on or about 6/24/14.

Issued

2014-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person:  a) Jobsite, 2300 South Broad Street - Employees erected a fabricated frame scaffold 28 feet above ground level without a competent person on site on or about 6/24/14.  b) Jobsite, 2300 South Broad Street - Employees erected a fabricated frame scaffold 13  feet 6 inches above ground level without a competent person on site on or about 6/24/14.

Issued

2014-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3080.00 · Current $3080.00

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, 2300 South Broad Street - Employees were performing stucco operations on a fabricated frame scaffold 28 feet above ground level without fall protection, observed on or about 6/24/14.  b) Jobsite, 2300 South Broad Street - Employees were performing stucco operations on a fabricated frame scaffold 13 feet 6 inches above ground level without fall protection, observed on or about 6/24/14.

Issued

2014-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $1200.00

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) Jobsite, 2300 South Broad Street - Employees were handling Multi-Purpose Latex Primer containing Talc cas number 14807-96-6 without a written hazard communication program readily available, observed on or about 6/24/14.

Issued

2014-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8):   The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and did not ensure that they were readily accessible during each work  shift to employees when they were in their work area(s): Construction Reference 1926.59  a) Jobsite, 2300 South Broad Street - Employees were handling Multi-Purpose Latex Primer containing Talc cas number 14807-96-6 without a safety data sheet readily available, observed on or about 6/24/14.

Issued

2014-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)  a) Jobsite, 2300 South Broad Street - Employees were handling Multi-Purpose Latex Primer containing Talc cas number 14807-96-6 without a hazard communication training program, observed on or about 6/24/14.