OSHA Inspection: EXTERIOR SERVICES LLC

Issued

2014-12-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s):  The employer allows workers to be exposed to hazardous conditions created by not conducting frequent or regular inspections.  The most recent occurrence was at 866-870 Lionsgate Drive, St. Louis, MO  63130, where they failed to make frequent or regular inspections of the worksite to ensure all workers were in compliance with company safety and health policies and OSHA standards.  The workers were exposed to the following hazards at the job site:  a)  A worker was not wearing a protective helmet while exposed to struck-by hazards; b)  Workers were exposed to electrical hazards when the employer failed to ensure that all electrical power equipment (power tools and flexible cord sets) were visually inspected for external defects prior to use; c)  Workers were exposed to fall hazards when working from ladder jack scaffolds that did not have safe access to the working platform; d) Workers were exposed to unplanned collapse hazard when a damaged ladder was used to support one end of a ladder jack scaffold; e) Workers were exposed to fall hazards while performing siding installation from ladder jack scaffolds without personal fall arrest systems when the platform heights were approximately 15-17 feet above ground; f)  Workers were exposed to an amputation hazard while using an inadequately guarded saw.

Issued

2014-12-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:  Location:  866 Lionsgate Drive, St. Louis, MO  63130  At the job site, a worker was not wearing a protective helmet while exposed to struck-by hazards.  The worker was handing up siding sections from the ground directly below where the other worker was working on the ladder jack scaffold.

Issued

2014-12-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(4)(ii): The point of operation of machine(s) whose operation exposed an employee to injury was not guarded:  Location:  866-870 Lionsgate Drive, St. Louis, MO  63130  At the job site, the self-adjusting guard on the Ryobi circular saw, m/n CSB123, s/n CS1206 09917, was affixed in the retracted position by a wire.  The circular saw was used to cut siding which exposed the operator to an amputation hazard.

Issued

2014-12-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(iii)(C): Where an assured equipment grounding conductor program was being utilized, the employer did not ensure that each cord set, attachment cap, plug and receptacle of cord sets, and any equipment connected by cord and plug, except cord sets and receptacles which are fixed and not exposed to damage, were not visually inspected before each day's use for external defects, such as deformed or missing pins or insulation damage, and for indications of possible internal damage:   Location:  866-870 Lionsgate Drive, St. Louis, MO  63130  At the job site, the employer failed to ensure the all electrical power equipment (power tools & flexible cords sets) were visually inspected for external defects prior to use.  Visual inspection of the flexible cords revealed insulation damage and a missing ground pin.  The workers were exposed to an electrical hazard.

Issued

2014-12-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29CFR1926.404(f)(6): The path to ground from circuits, equipment and enclosures were not permanent and continuous:  Location:  866-870 Lionsgate, St. Louis, MO  63130  At the job site, the path to ground from circuits was not permanent and continuous when workers used an electrical flexible cord to power the Ryobi saw used to cut sections of siding.  The workers were exposed to an electrical hazard.

Issued

2014-12-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): An access ladder or equivalent safe access to scaffold was not provided:  Location:  866-870 Lionsgate Drive, St. Louis, MO  63130  At the job site, the two ladder jack scaffolds protruded out from the structure and were not provided with safe access.  The employees were exposed to a fall hazard as they climbed over the outward facing ladder jack brackets to access the scaffold planks.  The distance between the scaffold plank and the ground measured approximately 17 feet, 7 inches for the ladder jack scaffold at the north side of the building and 15 feet, 4 inches for the ladder jack scaffold erected in the driveway on the west side of the building.

Issued

2014-12-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:  Location:  866-870 Lionsgate Drive, St. Louis, MO  63130  At the job site, the employer failed to have the ladder jack scaffolds inspected by a competent person.  The following corrections were not made:  a)  On or about 10/21/14, safe access to two ladder jack scaffold platforms was not provided; b)  On or about 10/21/14, two employees were not wearing personal fall arrest systems; c)  On or about 10/24/14, a damaged ladder was used to support one end of a ladder jack scaffold.

Issued

2014-12-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  Location:  866-870 Lionsgate Drive, St. Louis, MO  63130  At the job site, the ladder jack scaffold systems were not erected by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person.  The following corrections were not made:  a)  On or about 10/21/14, safe access to two ladder jack scaffold platforms was not provided; b)  On or about 10/21/14, two employees were not wearing personal fall arrest systems; c)  On or about 10/24/14, a damaged ladder was used to support one end of a ladder jack scaffold.

Issued

2014-12-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold was not protected by a personal fall arrest system:  Location:  866 - 870 Lionsgate Drive, St. Louis, MO  63130  At the job site, two workers were performing siding installation without personal fall arrest systems while working from ladder jack scaffolds.  The ladder jack scaffold erected at the north side of the building had a platform height of approximately 17-feet, 7-inches and the ladder jack scaffold erected at the west side of the building had a platform height of approximately 15-feet, 4-inches.

Issued

2014-12-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a)(1): The employer failed to have each employee who performs work while on a scaffold trained regarding the nature of any electrical hazards, fall hazards and falling object hazards in the work area:  Location:  866-870 Lionsgate Drive, St. Louis, MO  63130  At the job site, employees working from ladder jack scaffolds did not receive adequate hazard recognition training from a qualified person to include fall hazards and proper scaffold use.