OSHA Inspection: SP CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

May 26, 2015

Abate by

Jun 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $2,400

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.    Jobsite:  The frequent and regular inspections of the jobsite, materials and equipment were not made by a competent person through not only establishing, initiating and but also maintaining a safety program.

Issued

May 26, 2015

Abate by

Jun 1, 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.  Jobsite: The employer did not ensure that the scaffolds were erected and altered under the direct supervision of a competent person.

Issued

May 26, 2015

Abate by

Jun 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $2,400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(1): Scaffold(s) and scaffold(s) component(s) were not capable of supporting, without failure, its own weight and at least four times the maximum intended load applied or transmitted to it:    Jobsite:  The "job-made" lean-to scaffold and its components, from which an employee was working to apply finish trim to portico were not capable of supporting at least four (4) times the maximum intended load.      On or about March 12, 2015, the above scaffold dismantled and collapsed while the employee was working, and the employee sustained severe injuries from the incident.

Issued

May 26, 2015

Abate by

Jun 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6): Scaffolds were not designed by a qualified person:  Jobsite: The "job-made" lean-to scaffold, from which an employee was working to apply finish trim to the portico was not designed by a qualified person.  On or about March 12, 2015, the above scaffold was dismantled and collapsed while the employee was working, and the employee sustained severe injuries form the incident.

Issued

May 26, 2015

Abate by

Jun 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $2,400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1)(iii): Ties, guys, braces, or outriggers were not installed to prevent the tipping of supported scaffolds in all circumstances where an eccentric load, such as a cantilevered work platform, was applied or was transmitted to the scaffold.  Jobsite:  The horizontal lumber that was used to support the cantilevered working surface/platform of the "job-made" lean-to scaffold was not adequately braced, tied or otherwise appropriately secured to prevent from tipping, collapsing or dismantling.   On or about March 12, 2015, the above scaffold was dismantled and collapsed while an employee was working, and the employee sustained severe injuries from the incident.

Issued

May 26, 2015

Abate by

Jun 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $2,400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:      Jobsite:  The legs of the "job-made" lean-to scaffold from that an employee was working to apply finish trim on the portico were not bearing on base plates and mudsills or otherwise placed on firm foundation.

Issued

May 26, 2015

Abate by

Jun 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $2,400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(2): The use of shore or lean-to scaffolds was not prohibited:  Jobsite: The employer did not ensure through providing specific instructions and visual observations or other means that the employee, who was required to apply finish trim to the portico was not utilizing lean-to type scaffold.

Issued

May 26, 2015

Abate by

Jun 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $2,400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a)(1): The employer failed to have each employee who performs work while on a scaffold trained regarding the nature of any electrical hazards, fall hazards and falling object hazards in the work area.  Jobsite: The employer did not ensure that all employees who performed work from the scaffold were trained by a qualified person in the hazards related to the scaffold and the procedures to control or minimize these hazards.

Issued

May 26, 2015

Abate by

Jun 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

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.  Jobsite: The employer did not ensure that the employee, who was involved in not only erecting, but also assembling a "job-made" lean-to scaffold  was trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the types of work.