OSHA Inspection: LIMA STUCCO, INC.

Issued

Jan 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,040 · Current $1,020 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1)(i): Guys, ties, and braces were not installed at locations where horizontal members support both inner and outer legs:  a. On or about December 04, 2014, employees were working from scaffolds that were missing cross braces while applying plaster type material to the exterior of a commercial building.

Issued

Jan 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,200 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.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access:   a. On or about December 04, 2014, employees were exposed to the hazard of falling while climbing the side rails of a fabricated frame scaffold to reach the working level of the scaffold.

Issued

Jan 27, 2015

Abate by

Feb 23, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,040 · Current $1,020 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 December 04, 2014, employees were exposed to the hazard of falling while working on a scaffold that was not inspected by a competent person at the start of the work day and after moving the scaffold throughout the work day.

Issued

Jan 27, 2015

Abate by

Feb 23, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,040 · Current $1,020 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(14): Makeshift devices, such as but not limited to boxes and barrels, were used on top of scaffold platforms to increase the working level height of employees:   a. On or about December 04, 2014, employees were exposed to the hazard of falling while working on a scaffold and using concrete blocks and various planking to increase the height of the working level.

Issued

Jan 27, 2015

Abate by

Feb 23, 2015

Penalty

Initial $340 · Current $170 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:  a. On or about December 04, 2014, employees were applying plaster type material in the overhead position to the exterior of a commercial building without wearing any eye protection.

Issued

Jan 27, 2015

Abate by

Feb 23, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  a.     On or about December 04, 2014, employees were exposed to the hazard of falling while working on a scaffold without being trained on recognizing the hazards of working on a scaffold, how to properly erect, dismantle, move, and inspect a scaffold.