OSHA Inspection: PHILLIP PRATER

Issued

2015-09-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-09-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $300.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Platform(s) on all working levels of scaffolds, were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and guardrail supports such that the space between adjacent units, and the space between the platform and the uprights:    On or about May 6, 2015, at 3963 River Place Drive, Macon, Georgia:    Two employees performing block masonry work were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 21-feet and greater while working from a third buck work platform that was not fully planked.

Issued

2015-09-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-09-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $300.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(v): The employer used forklifts  to support scaffold platforms without ensuring that the entire platform was attached to the fork and that the forklift was not moved horizontally while the platform was occupied:    On or about May 6, 2015, at 3963 River Place Drive, Macon, Georgia:    An employee performing block masonry work was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 21-feet and greater when his work platform was not attached to the forks of the JLF Sky Trak Telehandler and was raised up to the third buck of a tubular welded frame scaffold.

Issued

2015-09-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-09-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $300.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.    On or about May 6, 2015, at 3963 River Place Drive, Macon, Georgia:    An employee performing block masonry work was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 21-feet and greater when his work platform was raised by a JLF Sky Trak Telehandler up without using fall protection.

Issued

2015-09-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-09-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(ii): A toeboard was not erected along the edge of platforms more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower levels for a distance sufficient to protect employees below:    On or about May 6, 2015, at 3963 River Place Drive, Macon, Georgia:    Three employees performing block masonry work were exposed to struck-by hazards from falling masonry block, and tools of the employees working above them from a tubular welded frame scaffold that did not have toe boards installed.

Issued

2015-09-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-09-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $14000.00 · Current $300.00 Reduced

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, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.     On or about May 6, 2015, at 3963 River Place Drive, Macon, Georgia:     Two employees performing block masonry work were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 21-feet and greater while climbing the scaffold frame when the employer did not install a ladder.

Issued

2015-09-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-09-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $14000.00 · Current $300.00 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.    On or about May 6, 2015, at 3963 River Place Drive, Macon, Georgia:    Two employees performing block masonry work were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 21-feet and greater when they worked from the work platform of a tubular welded frame scaffold that did not have guard rails and end rails installed.