OSHA Inspection: MAURO'S CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

Issued

2015-02-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii): The end of a platform greater than 10 feet in length extended over its support more than 18 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end.  Location:  86 Governor Street, Ridgefield, CT 06877    The scaffold platform installed on the pump jack scaffold extended 13 feet over it's scaffold support and was not equipped with guardrails to prevent employee access to the cantilevered end and was not restrained to prevent tipping.

Issued

2015-02-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

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:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.  Location:  86 Governor Street, Ridgefield, CT 06877    A pump jack scaffold was not erected under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection.

Issued

2015-02-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

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:  86 Governor Street, Ridgefield, CT 06877    Each 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 the procedures to use to control or minimize those hazards.

Issued

2015-02-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee 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:  86 Governor Street, Ridgefield, CT 06877    Each employee involved with erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, inspecting and maintaining pump jack scaffolds was not trained by a competent person to recognize hazards associated with pump jack scaffolds.

Issued

2015-02-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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:  86 Governor Street, Ridgefield, CT 06877  The vertical pump jack scaffold poles were not secured to the building at the bottom, top and other points as necessary and was susceptible to being displaced.

Issued

2015-02-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(15): Anchorage used for attachment for personal fall arrest equipment was not capable of supporting at least 5,000 pounds (22.2 kN) per employee attached nor was it designed, installed and used as follows: As part of a complete personal fall arrest system which maintains a safety factor of at least two; and under the supervision of a qualified person.  Location: 86 Governor Street, Ridgefield, CT 06877  The employee, working from a pump jack scaffold, did not use utilize a fall protection anchorage point capable of supporting at least 5,000 pounds for attachment of his personal fall arrest system.