OSHA Inspection: KOUS CO CONSTRUCTION AND RESTORATION, INC.

Issued

2014-09-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Platform(s) on all working levels of scaffolds, were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and guardrail supports:  a) Job Site, 1245  Pleasantville Road, Briarcliff Manor, Side of Building:  The pipe scaffold used by the employee to strip the face of the building was not fully planked. Employee was working approximately 12' above the ground, on or about 7/24/14.

Issued

2014-09-03 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:    a) Job Site,1245 Pleasantiville Road, Briarcliff Manor:  Employees used the pipe scaffold side frames to access/egress the upper platforms. The employees were exposed to a fall of up 18 feet; on or about 7/24/14.

Issued

2014-09-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms before being released for use by employees other than erection/dismantling crews:    a) Job Site, 1245 Pleasantville Road, Briarcliff Manor:  Mid rails were not provided on two sets of pipe scaffold, three frames high, on or about 7/24/14.

Issued

2014-09-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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:  a) Job Site, 1295 Pleasantville Road, Briarcliff Manor, NY:  The employer did not train the employees, working from a pipe scaffold, in the safe use of scaffolds, on or about 7/24/14.