OSHA Inspection: GOHRING'S SECOND CHANCE REMODELING, LLC

Issued

Oct 27, 2014

Abate by

Nov 4, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,240 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(1): Scaffold(s) and scaffold(s) component(s) were not capable of supporting, without failure, its own weight and at least four times the maximum intended load applied or transmitted to it:    Location:  Jobsite    Employees were injured where a ladder jack scaffold, which was not capable of supporting at least four times the intended load failed and collapsed, causing the employees to fall to the ground below.

Issued

Oct 27, 2014

Abate by

Nov 4, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(1): Scaffold and/or scaffold components were loaded in excess of their maximum intended loads or rated capacities, whichever was less:  Location:  Jobsite  Employees were injured where a ladder jack scaffold failed when one of the supporting ladders was overloaded and collapsed causing the employees to fall to the ground below.

Issued

Oct 27, 2014

Abate by

Nov 4, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(a)(1)(ii): Non-self-supporting portable ladder(s) were not capable of supporting without failure, at least four times the maximum intended load:  Location:  Jobsite  An aluminum type II extension ladder, was overloaded and failed, causing the ladder jack scaffolding that it was supporting to fall and resulting in employee injuries when they fell from the scaffold to the ground below.

Issued

Oct 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(6): The clearance between scaffolds and power lines were less than 3 feet.    Location:  Jobsite    Employees were exposed to shock and electrocution hazards were a ladder jack scaffold was erected less than 3 feet from the electrical service lines entering the house.

Issued

Oct 27, 2014

Abate by

Dec 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,240 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.    Location:  Jobsite    Employees were injured when a ladder jack scaffold, which had not been erected under the supervision of a competent person, failed and collapsed.

Issued

Oct 27, 2014

Abate by

Dec 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,240 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold was not protected by a personal fall arrest system:    Location:  Jobsite    Employees who were not wearing personal fall arrest systems were injured when the ladder jack scaffold they were working on collapsed causing the employees to fall to the ground below.

Issued

Oct 27, 2014

Abate by

Dec 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,240 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(k)(5): Scaffold platforms were bridged on to another.    Location:  Jobsite    Employees were injured, when a ladder jack scaffold collapse, causing all employees to fall where scaffold platforms had been bridged.