OSHA Inspection: SONY CONSTRUCTION INC

Issued

2014-09-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1100.00 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 6/24/2014, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee was exposed to a fall hazard while working from a two-tier scaffold to install 2'x4' studs in front of a window whereas the scaffold was not fully planked.

Issued

2014-09-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(3): Where guardrails were not installed along the front edge of the platform or all employees were not protected from falling with the use of personal fall arrest systems, the front edge of the scaffold platform was more than 14 inches:    On or about 6/24/2014, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee was working from a two-tier scaffold removing plywood from a window whereas the front edge of the scaffold platform was more than 14 inches from the house, which there were no guardrails installed on the scaffold where the employee was working from.

Issued

2014-09-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1100.00 Reduced

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 6/24/2014, at the above addressed jobsite, the employer did not ensure the employees had access to and from the ladder exposing them to a fall hazard.

Issued

2014-09-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1100.00 Reduced

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:    On or about 6/24/2014, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee working from a two-tier scaffold was exposed to a fall hazard due to lack of guardrails.

Issued

2014-09-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards:    On or about 6/24/2014, at the above addressed jobsite, the employer did not ensure the employees were trained on the hazards associated with scaffolds.     PLEASE NOTE: CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.