OSHA Inspection: DNA CONTRACTING, LLC.

Issued

Feb 3, 2015

Abate by

Mar 8, 2015

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $1,750 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain a safety program which provides for frequent and regular inspections of jobsites, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent person (i.e., a person who is capable of identifying existing hazards):  a) Commercial Building Exterior South (Dock Area): The competent person assigned to conduct safety inspections of the job site did not maintain a safe work environment for employees, on or about, 1/23/15.

Issued

Feb 3, 2015

Abate by

Mar 8, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $2,450 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):  a) Commercial Building Exterior South (Dock Area): Employees were working from a tubular welded frame scaffold, two frames in height, at approximately 11 feet above the lower surface, that was not fully planked, on or about 1/23/15.

Issued

Feb 3, 2015

Abate by

Mar 8, 2015

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(ii): Unstable objects were used to support scaffolds or platform units:    a) Commercial Building Exterior South (Dock Area): The mudsill and base plate, used to support a tubular welded frame scaffold, two frames in height, was placed on top of a grate, on or about, 1/23/15.    b) Commercial Building Exterior South (Dock Area): The mudsill, used to support a tubular welded frame scaffold, two frames in height, was placed on top of wood planking that was partially damaged, on or about, 1/23/15.

Issued

Feb 3, 2015

Abate by

Mar 8, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $2,450 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) Commercial Building Exterior South (Dock Area): Employees were not provided a means to access the levels of a tubular welded frame scaffold two frames in height, approximately 11 feet in height, on or about 1/23/15.

Issued

Feb 3, 2015

Abate by

Mar 8, 2015

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $1,750 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(9)(iv): Cross braces on tubular welded frame scaffolds were used as a means of access or egress:    a) Commercial Building Exterior South (Dock Area): Employees were using the cross braces to access the levels of a tubular welded frame scaffold two frames in height, on or about 1/23/15.

Issued

Feb 3, 2015

Abate by

Mar 8, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $0 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:    a) Commercial Building Exterior South (Dock Area): Two employees were exposed to a 11 foot fall hazard while working from a tubular welded frame scaffold that was not equipped with a guardrail system or other means of fall protection in place, on or about 1/23/15.

Issued

Feb 3, 2015

Abate by

Mar 8, 2015

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $1,750 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): Tubular welded frames and panels were not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which would have secured vertical members together laterally:  a) Commercial Building Exterior South (Dock Area): Employees were working from a tubular welded frame scaffold, two frames in height, at approximately 11 feet above the lower surface, and was missing cross braces on the exterior and interior sides of the scaffold, on or about, 1/23/15.

Issued

Feb 3, 2015

Abate by

Mar 8, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $2,450 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:  a) Commercial Building Exterior South (Dock Area): An employee engaged in removing brick and patching in preparation for installation of a water-proof membrane to the building's exterior edge (ledge), exited the working platform of the scaffold and was working on the building's exterior ledge, was exposed to a fall hazard greater than 11 feet without fall protection, on or about 1/23/15.