OSHA Inspection: DAVID DRAPEAU

Issued

2014-09-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s):  a. Site- Employees were not protected from fall, struck by, amputation, and trip hazards where the employer failed to have frequent and regular inspections of the jobsite conducted by a competent person.

Issued

2014-09-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:  a. Site- Employees working from a carpenter bracket scaffold were not protected from fall and scaffold collapse hazards where the scaffold was not inspected by a competent person.

Issued

2014-09-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    a. Site- The employer did not require the wearing of head protection where employees were exposed to overhead struck by hazards at the jobsite.

Issued

2014-09-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $0.00 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. Site- Employees working from a carpenter bracket scaffold were exposed to a fall hazard where the work platform did not span the full width of the carpenter brackets.

Issued

2014-09-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Except as provided in paragraphs (b)(2)(i) and (b)(2)(ii) of this section, each scaffold platform and/or walkway was not at least 18 inches (46 cm) wide:    a. Site- Employees working from a carpenter bracket scaffold were exposed to a fall hazard where the work platform was less than 18 inches wide.

Issued

2014-09-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii): The end of a platform greater than 10 feet in length extended over its support more than 18 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilivered end:    a. Site- Employees working from a carpenter bracket scaffold were exposed to a fall hazard where the work platform cantilevered approximately 10 feet past its support and the cantilevered portion of the work platform was supporting another work platform.

Issued

2014-09-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:    a. Site- Employees working from a carpenter bracket scaffold were not protected from fall and scaffold collapse hazards where the scaffold was not erected by a competent person.

Issued

2014-09-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level:    a. Site- Employees working from a carpenter bracket scaffold were not protected from a fall of approximately 13 feet where fall protection was not utilized.

Issued

2014-09-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

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. Site- Employees erecting and working from carpenter bracket scaffolds were exposed to fall and scaffold collapse hazards where the employer failed to provide employees with training to control and minimize hazards.

Issued

2014-09-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:    a. Site- Employees exposed to falls were not provided with fall protection training from the employer.

Issued

2014-09-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $0.00 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):     a. Site- Employees working from the second floor were exposed to falls of between approximately 10 and 12 feet from unguarded window and wall openings.

Issued

2014-09-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(b)(3): Treads for temporary stairway service were not installed the full width and/or depth of the stair:    a. Site- Employees accessing the first floor were exposed to a trip hazard where one of the front entrances had a break in elevation greater than 19 inches and the concrete blocks that were used as a temporary stair did not span the full width of the stair opening.

Issued

2014-09-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)(i): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with at least one handrail:    a. Site- Employees were exposed to a trip hazard where the bottom half of the stairway between the first and second floor did not have a handrail installed.

Issued

2014-09-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)(ii): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with a stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge:    a. Site- Employees were exposed to a fall hazard where the top half of the stairway between the first and second floor did not have a complete stair rail installed.