OSHA Inspection: FAMILY & FRIENDS BUILDERS

Issued

Jul 16, 2015

Abate by

Jul 22, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,712 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.        a) Jobsite: 934 Mifflin Street, sidewalk - Employees performing power washing operations from a fabricated frame scaffold were exposed to fall hazards of approximately fifteen (15) feet without the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems. Observed on or about 01/20/15.

Issued

Jul 16, 2015

Abate by

Jul 22, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:   a) Jobsite: 934 Mifflin Street, sidewalk - Employees working from a fabricated frame scaffold were exposed to falls and serious injuries while working on a scaffold with visible defects. A competent person did not inspect the fabricated frame scaffold before each work shift. Noted on or about 01/20/2015.

Issued

Jul 16, 2015

Abate by

Jul 22, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,712 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Platform(s) on all working levels of scaffolds, were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and guardrail supports such that the space between adjacent units, and the space between the platform and the uprights is no(a)(LOCATION)(IDENTIFY SPECIFIC OPERATIONS AND/OR CONDITIONS)(DESCRIBE HAZARDS WHERE NECESSARY)      a) Jobsite: 934 Mifflin Street, Sidewalk - The working levels of a fabricated frame scaffold were not fully planked or decked between the front and rear uprights thus exposing employees to a fall hazard of approximately fifteen (15) feet while performing power washing operations.  Observed on or about 01/20/2015.

Issued

Jul 16, 2015

Abate by

Jul 22, 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) Jobsite: 934 Mifflin Street, Sidewalk - Employees working from a fabricated frame scaffold were not trained by a person qualified to recognize, control, or minimize hazards associated with fabricated frame scaffolding. On or about 01/20/2015.

Issued

Jul 16, 2015

Abate by

Jul 22, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $932 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.  Frames were used as a means of access.      a) Jobsite: 934 Mifflin Street, Sidewalk - Employees were not provided with a safe means of access and/or egress to a fabricated frame scaffold platform, exposing employees to a fall hazard of approximately fifteen (15) feet.  Employees were using the side frame of the scaffold to access and/or egress the working levels. Observed on or about 01/20/2015.

Issued

Jul 16, 2015

Abate by

Jul 22, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,712 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(6): The clearance between scaffolds and power lines were less than 10 feet.      a) Jobsite: 934 Mifflin Street, Sidewalk - Employees were power washing the bricks of a residence from a fabricated frame scaffold that was approximately one (1) foot from a 230 volts service power line, thus exposing the employees to a shock/electrocution hazard. Observed on or about 01/20/2015.

Issued

Jul 16, 2015

Abate by

Jul 22, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) Jobsite: 934 Mifflin Street, Sidewalk - Employees were power washing the bricks on the exterior of a residence from a fabricated frame scaffold that was not erected by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection. Noted on or about 01/20/2015.

Issued

Jul 16, 2015

Abate by

Jul 22, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $932 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(4): Part(s) of a scaffold that were damaged or weakened, such that the scaffold's strength was less than that required by paragraph (a) of this section, were not immediately repaired, replaced, braced to meet those provisions, nor removed from service until repaired.      a) Jobsite: 934 Mifflin Street, Sidewalk - The bottom part of a footing pole was missing, compromising the scaffold's strength and exposing the employees to scaffold collapse hazards. The damaged end frame of the fabricated frame scaffold was not removed from service. Observed on or about 01/20/2015.

Issued

Jul 16, 2015

Abate by

Jul 22, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): Frames and panels were not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which would secure vertical members together laterally, and the cross braces were not of such length as would  automatically square      a) Jobsite: 934 Mifflin Street, Sidewalk - The base frames of a fabricated frame scaffold did not have any cross or diagonal braces to secure vertical members together laterally.  This condition exposed employees to a collapse hazard while performing power washing operations.  Observed on or about 01/20/2015.