OSHA Inspection: LUIS CATALAN SIDING, LLC

Issued

Feb 24, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 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:    Location:  26 Orchard Drive, New Canaan, CT 06480      The pole of a pump jack scaffold set up in a wet sandy soil area was not set on a firm foundation such as but not limited to base plates.

Issued

Feb 24, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2): Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary.  Location:  26 Orchard Drive, New Canaan, CT 06480    The bottom of the pump jack scaffold poles were not secured to the building/structure and were susceptible to being displaced.

Issued

Feb 24, 2015

Abate by

Mar 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 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.    Location:  26 Orchard Drive, New Canaan, CT 06480      A pump jack scaffold was not erected, moved, altered or dismantled under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, altering and dismantling.

Issued

Feb 24, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:    Location: 26 Orchard Drive, New Canaan, CT 06480      An employee working from a pump jack scaffold was not protected from a 14 foot fall to the ground by the use of appropriate fall protection systems and/or devices.

Issued

Feb 24, 2015

Abate by

Mar 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed 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.    Location:  26 Orchard Drive, New Canaan, CT 06480      The employee, working on the pump jack scaffold, was not trained by a qualified person in the appropriate subject matter to be able to recognized hazards associated with pump jack scaffolds and know what procedures to use to control or minimize those hazards.

Issued

Feb 24, 2015

Abate by

Mar 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee who was 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.  Location:  26 Orchard Drive, New Canaan, CT 06480    The employee, who erected and maintained the pump jack scaffold, was not trained by a competent person to recognize scaffolding, fall, and other hazards associated with pump jack scaffolds.