OSHA Inspection: GUSMAN INC.

Issued

2015-03-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1200.00 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) Scaffold system at Hampstead High Street: On or about February 12, 2015  and times prior thereto the employer had not fully planked the scaffold between the front uprights and the guardrail supports exposing employees to 13 foot fall hazards.

Issued

2015-03-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-03-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2)(ii): When walkways between scaffold sections are less than 18 inches wide, employees were not protected from falls by guardrail systems or personal fall arrest systems:  a) Fabricated Scaffold system at Hampstead High Street: On or about February 12, 2015 and times prior thereto the employer had a scaffold platform which was less than 18 inches wide exposing employees to 13 foot fall hazard.

Issued

2015-03-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-03-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(i): The end of a platform 10 feet or less in length extended over its support more than 12 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees and/or materials without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end.  a) Fabricated Scaffold system at Hampstead High Street: On or about February 12, 2015 and times prior thereto the employer had scaffold platforms extended over it's support by more than 12 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform was able to support employee and /or materials without tipping exposing employees to fall and struck by hazards.

Issued

2015-03-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-03-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.  a) Fabricated Scaffold system at Hampstead High Street: On or about February 12, 2015 and times prior thereto the employer had a scaffold platform which was more than 2 feet above a point of access exposing employees to falls hazards when accessing the platform.

Issued

2015-03-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1200.00 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) Fabricated Scaffold system at Hampstead High Street: On or about February 12, 2015 and at times prior thereto, the employer did not ensure a competent person was onsite to supervise the erection of the scaffolding system which exposed employees to scaffolding related hazards such as but not limited to falls up to 13-feet.