OSHA Inspection: VELLA VISTA CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

Mar 24, 2015

Abate by

Apr 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there is a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling objects, was not protected by protective helmets:    a) 16 W Thompson St, Philadelphia, PA -  Employees were working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact. Employees were not wearing head protection, thus exposing the employees to struck-by injuries from tools, mortar and debris. This condition was observed on or about October10, 2014.

Issued

Mar 24, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1): Each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contained or deflected the falling objects:  a) 16 W Thompson St, Philadelphia, PA - The employees working in areas under the work platform of the scaffold were not provided additional protection from falling tools, debris and other small objects. This hazard exposed the employees to struck-by injuries. This condition was observed on or about October 10, 2014.

Issued

Mar 24, 2015

Abate by

Apr 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(1): When power operated tools are designed to accommodate guards, they were not equipped with such guards when in use:    a) 121 New Street, Philadelphia, PA - The employee was operating a gas powered mortar mixer with the guard removed, exposing the employee to an amputation hazard. This condition was observed on or about October 10, 2014.

Issued

Mar 24, 2015

Abate by

Apr 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,960 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:    a) 16 W Thompson St, Philadelphia, PA - The employees were working off of a fabricated frame scaffold approximately 70 feet long, 33 feet high and 5 feet wide which was not fully planked or decked on all working levels between the front uprights and the guardrail supports. This hazard exposed the employees to a fall hazard ranging from approximately 13 to 26 feet. This condition was observed on October 10, 2014

Issued

Mar 24, 2015

Abate by

Apr 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1)(ii): 29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1)(ii): Supported scaffolds with a height to base width ratio of more than four to one (4:1) were not restrained from tipping by installing guys, ties, and braces at each end of the scaffold and/or at horizontal intervals not to exceed 30 feet:    a) 16 W Thompson St, Philadelphia, PA - The employees were working off of a fabricated frame scaffold approximately 70 feet long, 33 feet high and 5 feet wide which was not restrained from tipping by guying, tying or bracing thus exposing the employees to a scaffold collapse hazard. This condition was observed on or about October 10, 2014.

Issued

Mar 24, 2015

Abate by

Apr 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): Where scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers or stairway-type ladders was not used for access:    a) 16 W Thompson St, Philadelphia, PA - The employees were working off of a fabricated frame scaffold approximately 70 feet long, 25 feet high and 5 feet wide which did not have proper access for the employees to reach the various working levels of the scaffold. This hazard exposed the employees to a fall hazard. This condition was observed on October 10, 2014.

Issued

Mar 24, 2015

Abate by

Apr 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level by use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems:    a) 16 W Thompson St, Philadelphia, PA - The employees were working off of a fabricated frame scaffold approximately 70 feet long, 25 feet high and 5 feet wide which did not have a guardrail system installed on the working levels of the scaffold. This hazard exposed the employees to a fall hazard ranging from approximately 13 to 25 feet. This condition was observed on October 10, 2014

Issued

Mar 24, 2015

Abate by

Apr 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  16 W Thompson St, Philadelphia, PA - The fabricated frame scaffold was erected, moved and altered by untrained employees and without the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold activities, on or about October 10, 2014.

Issued

Mar 24, 2015

Abate by

Apr 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work on a scaffold be 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) 16 W Thompson St, Philadelphia, PA - The employer did not instruct the employees in the recognition of hazards associated with the types of scaffolding being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize hazards, exposing the employees to fall, struck-by and collapse hazards, on or about October 10, 2014.

Issued

Mar 24, 2015

Abate by

Apr 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs necessary to ensure compliance with the Occupational Safety and Health Standards:   a) 16 W Thompson St, Philadelphia, PA - The employer did not develop and implement a safety/health program to assist employees with the recognition and control of workplace hazards on or about October 10, 2014.