OSHA Inspection: ELLITE GROUP LLC

Issued

Dec 30, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 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- Exterior Pump Jack Scaffold: Pump Jack poles were not secured on a firm foundation exposing workers to scaffold collapse hazards. On or about 11/13/14

Issued

Dec 30, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 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-Exterior Pump Jack Scaffold: An employee engaged in masonry from a pump jack scaffold work platform was exposed to fall hazards of approximately 12ft to the concrete below as a means of scaffold access was not present.

Issued

Dec 30, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(6): Scaffolds were erected, used, dismantled, altered, or moved such that they or any conductive material handled on them might come closer than 10 ft to exposed and energized power lines.  a-Exterior Pump Jack Scaffold: CSHO observed that masonry stone work had been completed within approximately one foot to an energized secondary power line which had not been de-energized. On or about 11/08/2014

Issued

Dec 30, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 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.  a-Exterior Pump Jack Scaffold: An employee engaged in masonry stone-work was exposed to fall hazards of approximately 12ft to the concrete below as a means of fall protection was not utilized. On or about 11/13/2014

Issued

Dec 30, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

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.  a-Exterior Pump Jack Scaffold; An employee was exposed to pole scaffold collapse as triangular bracing was not installed at the pump jack scaffold base.