OSHA Inspection: T.E. WYGAL CONSTRUCTION

Issued

2015-08-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment was not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury:    (a) Stoffel Road:  Eye protection was not being worn by employees when using hand held hammers to secure wood siding to a residential house, as observed on or about April 7, 2015 and times prior.        ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM

Issued

2015-08-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Scaffold platforms and walkways were not at least 18 inches wide:    (a) Stoffel Road:  Employees were working and walking on a scaffold platform that was 12 inches in width and up to 10 feet 10 inches to the ground, as observed on April 7, 2015 and times prior.       ABATMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM

Issued

2015-08-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) Stoffel Road: Employees working on a scaffold platform securing siding to a residential house were not trained to recognize hazards associated with the scaffolding, as determined on or about April 7, 2015 and times prior.     ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM

Issued

2015-08-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(10): Scaffold components manufactured by different manufacturers were intermixed such that the components fit together with force and the scaffold's structural integrity was not maintained by the user:    (a) Stoffel Road:  Employees were working on a ladder jack scaffold platform, up to 10 feet 10 inches to the ground 16 feet in length and being used to bridge a gap of 9 foot between two sections of tubular welded frame scaffold, as observed on April 7, 2015 and times prior.        ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM

Issued

2015-08-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:    (a) Stoffel Road:  Employees were working from a tubular welded frame scaffold that was 10 feet 2 inches up to 10 feet 10 inches to the ground and did not have base plates on the legs of the two sections of scaffold, as observed on April 7, 2015 and times prior.       ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM

Issued

2015-08-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(4): Damaged or weakened scaffold parts were not repaired, replaced, braced or removed from service as required.    (a) Stoffel Road:  Employees were working from a tubular welded frame scaffold, 10 feet 2 inches up to 10 feet 10 inches to the ground and the platform planks were splintered, cracked, and dry rotted, as observed on or about April 7, 2015 and times prior.       ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED

Issued

2015-08-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.    (a) Stoffel Road:  Employees were working from a tubular welded frame scaffold, 10 feet 2 inches up to 10 feet 10 inches to the ground and did not have a fall protection system in place, as observed on or about April 7, 2015 and times prior.       ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM

Issued

2015-08-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7):  Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered by experienced and trained employees under the supervision of a competent person:  (a) Stoffel Road:  A competent person was not onsite to safely erect and identify hazards of the scaffolding onsite, as determined on or about April 7, 2015 and times prior.   ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM

Issued

2015-08-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11000.00 · Current $3000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds shall be fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as follows:    (a) Stoffel Road:  Employees were working from two sections of tubular welded frame scaffold, two bucks in height or 10 feet 2 inches up to 10 feet 10 inches to the ground and 5 feet in width that was planked with one 18 inch platform, as observed on or about April 7, 2015 and times prior.        ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM.