OSHA Inspection: JESSIE'S CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

2015-04-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1700.00 · Current $1700.00

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. Along the exterior wall, the single tier fabricated frame scaffolding was not fully planked, exposing employees to a 5 foot fall hazard, on or about 04/09/2015.

Issued

2015-04-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1700.00 · Current $1700.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(3): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights were not plumb and braced to prevent swaying and displacement:  a. Along the exterior wall, single tier fabricated frame scaffolding was not braced, exposing employees to a 5 foot fall hazard, on or about 04/09/2015.

Issued

2015-04-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-05-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(6)(vi): Integral prefabricated scaffold access frames shall have a maximum spacing between rungs of 16 3/4 inches (43 cm):  a. Along the exterior wall, single tier prefabricated frame scaffolding with rungs spaced 20 inches apart were used by employees as a ladder to gain access to the working level of the scaffolding, exposing the employees to 5 foot fall hazard, on or about 04/09/2015.

Issued

2015-04-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-06-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii): The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards and identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form:  a. Near the rear exterior wall, the employer did not evaluate the respiratory hazards that come from cutting concrete blocks with a STIHL TS420 concrete saw, exposing employees to silica dust and possible respiratory illnesses, on or about 04/09/2015.

Issued

2015-04-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:  a. Near the rear of the exterior wall, eye protection was not provided to the operators of a STIHL TS-420 CutQuik concrete saw, exposing employees to the hazard of struck-by, on or about 04/09/2015.  b. Near the scaffolding, eye protection was not provided to the employees using hammers to split concrete blocks, exposing employees to the hazard of struck-by, on or about 04/09/2015.

Issued

2015-04-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-05-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $400.00 · Current $400.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b)(2): The employer did not have each employee who was involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the correct procedures for erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, inspecting, and maintaining the type of scaffold in question:   a. Along the exterior wall, employees erected, disassembled, and worked from scaffolding without being trained on the hazards associated with scaffolding, exposing the employees to a 5 foot fall hazard, on or about 04/09/2015.