OSHA Inspection: PACIFIC RIM LAND DEVELOPMENT, INC.

Issued

Apr 14, 2015

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $6,300

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.200(h)(1):  Accident prevention tags shall be used as a temporary means of warning employees of an existing hazard, such as defective tools, equipment, etc. They shall not be used in place of, or as a substitute for, accident prevention signs:   Dusit Thani Hotel Jobsite, Sixth Floor, Banquet Room 1 and 2:  Pacific Rim Land Development did not use accident prevention tags to warn employees of the hazards of the four tier fabricated frame orange mobile scaffold.  On October 18, 2014, the mobile scaffold toppled over fatally injuring a plumber.  The scaffold was hazardous in that the scaffold frame legs were not designed with holes to accept mobile scaffold wheel stem pins to prevent the wheels from coming out of the frame legs; and the height to base ratio of the mobile scaffold was greater than 4 to 1.  When the orange scaffold toppled it was measured to be 16 feet, 7.5 inches tall and 4 feet wide.

Issued

Apr 14, 2015

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $6,300

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1):  Supported scaffolds with a height to base width (including outrigger supports, if used) ratio of more than four to one (4:1) shall be restrained from tipping by guying, tying, bracing, or equivalent means, as follows:      Dusit Thani Hotel Jobsite, Sixth Floor, Banquet Room 1 and 2:  Pacific Rim Land Development permitted the use of a four tier fabricated frame orange mobile scaffold that had a height to base ratio greater than 4 to 1.  The mobile scaffold was measured to be 16 feet, 7.5 inches tall and 4 feet wide and it was not restrained from tipping.  On October 18, 2014, the mobile scaffold toppled over fatally injuring a plumber.

Issued

Apr 14, 2015

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(w)(5): Scaffolds shall be stabilized to prevent tipping during movement:    Dusit Thani Hotel Jobsite, Sixth Floor, Banquet Room 1 and 2:  Pacific Rim Land Development permitted a four tier fabricated frame orange mobile scaffold to be moved by employees; the mobile scaffold was not stabilized with outriggers or similar stabilizing devices.  On October 18, 2014, the mobile scaffold toppled over fatally injuring a plumber.  The scaffold was hazardous in that the scaffold frame legs were not designed with holes to accept mobile scaffold wheel stem pins to prevent the wheels from coming out of the frame legs; and the height to base ratio of the mobile scaffold was greater than 4 to 1.  When the orange scaffold toppled it was measured to be 16 feet, 7.5 inches tall and 4 feet wide.

Issued

Apr 14, 2015

Abate by

May 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $6,300

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds shall be erected, moved, dismantled, or altered only under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration. Such activities shall be performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.      Dusit Thani Hotel Jobsite, Sixth Floor, Banquet Room 1 and 2:  Pacific Rim Land Development permitted a four tier fabricated frame orange mobile scaffold to be moved by employees not under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in moving mobile scaffolds.  On October 18, 2014, the mobile scaffold toppled over fatally injuring a plumber.  The scaffold was hazardous in that the scaffold frame legs were not designed with holes to accept mobile scaffold wheel stem pins to prevent the wheels from coming out of the frame legs; and the height to base ratio of the mobile scaffold was greater than 4 to 1.  When the orange scaffold toppled it was measured to be 16 feet, 7.5 inches tall and 4 feet wide.

Issued

Apr 14, 2015

Abate by

May 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b)(2): The employer shall have each employee who is 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.  The training shall include the correct procedures for erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, inspecting, and maintaining the type of scaffold in question:    Dusit Thani Hotel Jobsite, Sixth Floor, Banquet Room 1 and 2:  Pacific Rim Land Development permitted a four tier fabricated frame orange mobile scaffold to be moved by employees that had not received training specifically on the hazards associated with moving a mobile scaffold.  On October 18, 2014, the mobile scaffold toppled over after an employee attempted to push the scaffold over a three quarters of an inch diameter electrical cord fatally injuring a plumber.  The scaffold was hazardous in that the scaffold frame legs were not designed with holes to accept mobile scaffold wheel stem pins to prevent the wheels from coming out of the frame legs; and the height to base ratio of the mobile scaffold was greater than 4 to 1.  When the orange scaffold toppled it was measured to be 16 feet, 7.5 inches tall and 4 feet wide.

Issued

Apr 14, 2015

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $6,300

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(w)(9): Caster stems and wheel stems shall be pinned or otherwise secured in scaffold legs or adjustment screws.  Dusit Thani Hotel Jobsite, Sixth Floor, Banquet Room 1 and 2:  Pacific Rim Land Development permitted a four tier fabricated frame orange mobile scaffold to be moved by employees; the mobile scaffold wheel stems were not pinned into the scaffold legs.  On October 18, 2014, the mobile scaffold toppled over fatally injuring a plumber.  The scaffold was hazardous in that the scaffold frame legs were not designed with holes to accept mobile scaffold wheel stem pins to prevent the wheels from coming out of the frame legs; and the height to base ratio of the mobile scaffold was greater than 4 to 1.  When the orange scaffold toppled it was measured to be 16 feet, 7.5 inches tall and 4 feet wide.