OSHA Inspection: SCHERER CONSTRUCTION OF NORTH FLORIDA, LLC

Issued

Dec 11, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $4,900

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:  a. On or about October 30, 2014, employees of a subcontractor, Gladstone, Inc. were working from a 2-buck high scaffold system that was not fully planked on each working level, exposing the employees to fall hazards up to 13 feet.  b. On or about October 30, 2014, the superintendent climbed the 2-buck high scaffold system to show the employees of Gladstone, Inc. something about the top two windows.  The scaffold was not fully planked on each working level. He exposed himself to fall hazards up to 13 feet.

Issued

Dec 11, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $0 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. On or about October 30, 2014, the 2-buck high scaffold system did not have screw jacks, exposing the employees of Gladstone, Inc. to fall hazards up to 13 feet.    b. On or about October 30, 2014, the superintendent climbed a two-buck high scaffold system that did not have screw jacks, exposing himself to fall hazards up to 13 feet.

Issued

Dec 11, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $0 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, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used:    a. On or about October 30, 2014, employees of Gladstone, Inc. climbed the 2-buck high scaffold system because there was no ladder, exposing themselves to fall hazards up to 13 feet.    b. On or about October 30, 2014, the superintendent for Scherer Construction climbed the two-buck high scaffold system because there was no ladder and exposed himself up to a 13 feet fall hazard.

Issued

Dec 11, 2014

Abate by

Jan 30, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $0 Reduced

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:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person:    a. On or about October 30, 2014, employees of Gladstone, Inc. erected a two-buck high scaffold system.  The scaffold system was not erected, moved, dismantled or altered by a trained and experienced supervisor and competent person.

Issued

Dec 11, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $4,900

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level:  a. On or about October 30, 2014, employees of Gladstone, Inc. were working from a 2-buck high scaffold system.  They were not protected from falling by the use of a guardrail system, safety net system, personal fall arrest system or any other type of fall protection method.  b. On or about October 30, 2014, the superintendent for Scherer Construction climbed a two-buck high scaffold system and exposed himself up to a 13 feet fall hazard because there was no guardrail system, safety net system, personal fall arrest system or any other type fall protection method being used.