OSHA Inspection: ART JONES CONSTRUCTION INC.

Issued

Aug 21, 2014

Abate by

Aug 31, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:  a) At the jobsite, on or about 7/30/14:  Employees were working from a ladder jack scaffold, approximately 14 feet from ground, without fall protection of any kind.    Abatement documentation must be submitted for this item.

Issued

Aug 21, 2014

Abate by

Aug 31, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) At the jobsite, on or about 7/30/14:  Employees were using a ladder jack scaffold platform, approximately 14 feet from ground, as a point of access to the rooftop, approximately 3 feet from that surface.      Abatement documentation must be submitted for this item.

Issued

Aug 21, 2014

Abate by

Aug 31, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) At the jobsite, on or about 7/30/14:  Employees were using a ladder jack scaffold platform, approximately 14 feet from ground, as a point of access to the rooftop, approximately 3 feet from that surface and workers on this scaffold were not provided fall protection of any kind or provided training from a qualified person to utilize this equipment safely.      Abatement documentation must be submitted for this item.

Issued

Aug 21, 2014

Abate by

Aug 31, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:  a) At the jobsite, on or about 7/30/14:  Employees were using a ladder jack scaffold platform, approximately 14 feet from ground, as a point of access to the rooftop, approximately 3 feet from that surface, the ladder used to access that platform did not extend at least 3 feet above the scaffold platform.      Abatement documentation must be submitted for this item.

Issued

Aug 21, 2014

Abate by

Aug 31, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.  a) At the jobsite, on or about 7/30/14:  Employees were using a ladder jack scaffold platform, approximately 14 feet from ground, as a point of access to the rooftop, approximately 3 feet from that surface, the ladder used to access that platform did not extend at least 3 feet above the scaffold platform, and employees were not trained to recognize hazards associated with use of ladders.      Abatement documentation must be submitted for this item.