OSHA Inspection: SILTEK GROUP INC.

Issued

2014-09-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):   For the residential construction site at 1240 E. Scott St., Tampa, FL 33602, on or about 08/08/2014 and 08/13/2014, employees were observed to be exposed to fall hazards while working from upper balconies. Balconies were not barricaded with guardrails and no fall protection was being used.   a) On or about 08/08/2014 employees were observed to be exposed to fall hazards of 20 feet while standing on a balcony ledge.  b) On or about 08/13/2014 employees were exposed to fall hazard of 30 ft. while unloading material from forklifts off of balconies.

Issued

2014-09-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(iv): Front-end loaders and similar pieces of equipment were used to support scaffold platforms when they were not specifically designed by the manufacturer for such use:  a) For the jobsite at 1240 E. Scott St., Tampa, FL 33602, on or about 08/08/2014, employees of Benson Construction Services, LLC were working from a trash bucket that was secured to the forks of a rough terrain forklift and using it as a manlift. The forklift was operated by Siltek Group Inc., the general contractor for the site. The bucket was not designed to be used as a manlift and was not designed to be used with the forklift in this manner.