OSHA Inspection: PREMIER SERVICE

Issued

2015-01-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-03-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer shall have each employee who performs 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. The training shall include the following areas, as applicable:    a.  On or about October 24, 2014 - at the above addressed jobsite, employees using the tubular welded frame scaffold were not trained to recognize the hazards associated with the use of such scaffold, thereby exposing the employees to the hazards associated with falls.

Issued

2015-01-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-02-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer shall provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards. The program shall enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and shall train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards.    a. On or about October 24, 2014 - at the above addressed jobsite, the employer failed to provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards.

Issued

2015-01-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6): Scaffolds shall be designed by a qualified person and shall be constructed and loaded in accordance with that design. Non-mandatory Appendix A to this subpart contains examples of criteria that will enable an employer to comply with paragraph (a) of this section.    a.  On or about October 24, 2014 - at the above addressed jobsite, employees were performing masonry and/or tuckpointing operations from a tubular welded frame scaffold which was not designed by a qualified person, thereby exposing the employees to falls.

Issued

2015-01-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds shall be fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as follows:  a.  On or about October 24, 2014  - at the above addressed jobsite, employees were conducting masonry and/or tuckpointing operations from a tubular welded frame scaffold which did not have the working platform fully planked, thereby exposing the employee to falls of more than fifteen (15) feet.

Issued

2015-01-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level shall be protected from falling to that lower level. Paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (vii) of this section establish the types of fall protection to be provided to the employees on each type of scaffold. Paragraph (g)(2) of this section addresses fall protection for scaffold erectors and dismantlers.    a.  On or about October 24, 2014 - at the above addressed jobsite, employees performing masonry and/or tuckpointing operations from a tubular welded frame scaffold, more than fifteen (15) feet above the ground, were exposed to injuries from falls due to the lack of guardrails.

Issued

2015-01-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): "Residential construction." Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall be protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system unless another provision in paragraph (b) of this section provides for an alternative fall protection measure.     a.  On or about October 24, 2014 - at the above addressed jobsite, employees performing masonry and/or tuckpointing operations from the roof more than fifteen (15) feet above the ground were not protected from falls, thereby exposing the employees to fall hazards.