MONTOURSVILLE, PA —
OSHA Inspection: STOLTZFUS BUILDERS
Complaint inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of STOLTZFUS BUILDERS in 247 BROAD STREET, MONTOURSVILLE, PA 17754 (NAICS 238140). OSHA activity number 340020858.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- STOLTZFUS BUILDERS
- Site address
- 247 BROAD STREET
- City
- MONTOURSVILLE
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 17754
- Mailing
- 126 COYOTE LANE, MILL HALL, PA 17751
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 238140
- Employees
- 8
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
6 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.451 C02
- Issued
- Jan 23, 2015
- Abate by
- Feb 4, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $2,000 · Current $1,500 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation: a) 247 Broad Street, Montoursville, PA; Employees were laying 8 inch cinderblock on steel tubular scaffolding that was not provided with base plates or another adequate firm foundation, on or about 10/20/2014. Abatement Certification Required
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1500
- — Z (S) $2000
1926.451 C02 I
- Issued
- Jan 23, 2015
- Abate by
- Feb 4, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(i): Footings were not level, sound, rigid and capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement: a) 247 Broad Street, Montoursville, PA; Employees were installing 8 inch cinderblock while working on scaffolding that was supported by cinderblocks that did not have the strength or integrity to support the steel tubular scaffolding, on or about 10/20/2014. Abatement Certification Required
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1926.451 G01
- Issued
- Jan 23, 2015
- Abate by
- Feb 4, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $2,000 · Current $1,500 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) 247 Broad Street, Montoursville, PA; Employees were laying 8 inch cinderblock while working on steel tubular scaffolding that ranged in height from 14 feet 2 inches to 15 feet 11 inches without the use of fall protection, on or about 10/20/2014. Abatement Certification Required
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1500
- — Z (S) $2000
1926.454 B
- Issued
- Jan 23, 2015
- Abate by
- Feb 4, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question: a) 247 Broad Street, Montoursville, PA; Employees that erected the scaffolding were not trained by a competent person to recognize hazards associated with scaffold erection, on or about 10/20/2014. Abatement Certification Required
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1926.452 C02
- Issued
- Jan 23, 2015
- Abate by
- Feb 4, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $2,000 · Current $1,500 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): Tubular welded frames and panels were not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which would have secured vertical members together laterally: a) 247 Broad Street, Montoursville, PA; Employees were installing 8 inch block on steel tubular scaffolding that was not provided with cross bracing, on or about 10/20/2014. Abatement Certification Required
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1500
- — Z (S) $2000
1926.20 B01
- Issued
- Jan 23, 2015
- Abate by
- Feb 4, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part: a) 247 Broad Street, Montoursville, PA; The employer did not initiate and maintain an accident prevention program for employees that were installing 8 inch cinderblock while working on steel tubular scaffolding, on or about 10/20/2014. Abatement Certification Required
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (O) $0
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 340020858.
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