OSHA Inspection: BOUCH CONSTRUCTION INC

Issued

Jun 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,120 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    (a) 400 Nationwide Drive, Harrisburg, PA  - Employees working directly below employees on the upper level of the scaffold painting were not wearing hard hats thereby exposing employees to a struck-by hazard from a falling object or load such as the paint roller, on or about April 9, 2015.       No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

Jun 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,120 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms:    (a)  400 Nationwide Drive, Harrisburg, PA - The employer did not ensure that the scaffold access levels, where employees transition from one level of the scaffold to another were protected by a mid rail along the front, thereby exposing employees to a fall of 13 feet 9 inches to the ground on or about April 9, 2015.    No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

Jun 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,120 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): Fabricated frame scaffold(s) were not properly braced by cross bracing or diagonal braces, or both, to secure vertical members laterally and to align them so that the erected scaffold was plumb, square, and rigid:    (a)  400 Nationwide Drive, Harrisburg, PA  - The employer did not ensure that the horizontal or vertical/diagonal bracing was in place to maintain a square and plumb scaffold along the entire inside section closest to the wall being worked on thereby exposing employees to a scaffold deflection/collapse of the scaffold system, on or about April 9, 2015.    No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

Jun 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,120 Reduced

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) 404 Nationwide Drive Harrisburg, PA - Employees working on a Safe Way tubular welded frame scaffold were not trained by a person qualified to recognize, control or minimize scaffold hazards associated with tubular welded frame scaffolding thereby exposing employees to injuries on or about April 9, 2015.     No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

Jun 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,120 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(16): Portable ladders with structural defects, such as, but not limited to, broken or missing rungs, cleats, or steps, broken or split rails, corroded components, or other faulty or defective components, were not either immediately marked in a manner that readily identifies them as defective, or tagged with "Do Not Use" or similar language, and were not withdrawn from service until repaired:    (a)  400 Nationwide Drive, Harrisburg, PA  - The employer did not ensure that the ladder having physical damage and defects were removed from service and not used, thereby exposing employees to a injuries from a defective ladder on or about April 9, 2015.    No abatement certification or documentation required.