OSHA Inspection: HANKINS PLASTERING

Issued

Sep 9, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 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):    a) Hankins Plastering on or about August 19, 2014, at the address of 3171 Navarre Ave. Oregon, OH: The employer failed to ensure the scaffolding level from which employees were performing exterior plastering work was fully planked.  2.5 ft. of planking was missing from the 5 ft. wide scaffolding frame, exposing the employees to a 14 ft. fall to the ground below.

Issued

Sep 9, 2014

Abate by

Sep 18, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 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, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.      a) Hankins Plastering on or about August 19, 2014, at the address of 3171 Navarre Ave. Oregon, OH: The employer failed to ensure a ladder or similar means of access was provided to employees using a welded frame scaffold. The employees were exposed to a fall to the ground below when utilizing the frame of a masonry walkthrough scaffold to climb to the platform(s) above.

Issued

Sep 9, 2014

Abate by

Sep 18, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 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) Hankins Plastering on or about August 19, 2014, at the address of 3171 Navarre Ave. Oregon, OH: The employer did not ensure employees were protected from a fall while performing exterior plastering work from a supported scaffold.  Employees installing insulating board and plaster from a scaffolding platform without standard railing were exposed to a 14 ft. fall to the ground below.

Issued

Sep 9, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v): A body belt was not worn and/or a lanyard was not attached to the boom or basket when working from an aerial lift: Note:  As of January 1, 1998, subpart M of this part (1926.502(d)) provides that body belts are not acceptable as part of a personal fall arrest system.  The use of a body belt in a tethering system or in a restraint system is acceptable and is regulated.  a) Hankins Plastering on or about August 19, 2014, at the address of 3171 Navarre Ave. Oregon, OH: The employer failed to ensure employees working from an aerial lift were adequately protected from falls.  The employees working from the lift were not provided with harness and lanyard to clip off to the basket while the platform was elevated and/or in motion. The employees were exposed to an approximate 14 ft. fall to the ground below.