OSHA Inspection: FORD DRYWALL & STUCCO, INC.

Issued

2014-11-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2678.00 · Current $1607.00 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):    On or about October 29, 2014, at the above addressed worksite, employees working on a scaffold were exposed to a fall hazard due to insufficient planking.

Issued

2014-11-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2142.00 · Current $1285.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used. Cross braces were used as a means of access:    On or about October 29, 2014, at the above addressed worksite, employees were climbing the scaffold framework to access the third tier of the scaffold exposing them to a fall hazard.

Issued

2014-11-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2678.00 · Current $1607.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a)(1): The employer did not 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 following topics, as applicable: The nature of scaffold hazards:     On or about October 29, 2014, at the above addressed worksite, an employee who was working on scaffolding had not been trained to recognize the hazards involved with that particular type of scaffold.