OSHA Inspection: Z. STUPKA CARPENTRY, LLC

Issued

Jul 16, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,760 · Current $1,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Scaffold platforms and walkways were not at least 18 inches wide:     Location:  5 Hidden Hill Road, Westport, CT 06880      The scaffold platform on the job made wooden scaffold consisting of one 2x12 plank was not at least 18 inches wide.

Issued

Jul 16, 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.  Location:  5 Hidden Hill Road, Westport, CT 06880    The one job made wood scaffold and one ladder jack scaffold was not been inspected by a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration.

Issued

Jul 16, 2015

Abate by

Oct 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,320 · Current $800 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.    Location:  5 Hidden Hill Road, Westport, CT 06880      Each employee performing work on job made wood scaffold and ladder jack scaffolds had not been adequately trained in the hazards associated with scaffolding and the proper ways and procedures to take in order to minimize those hazards.

Issued

Jul 16, 2015

Abate by

Oct 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.    Location:  5 Hidden Hill Road, Westport, CT 06880      Each employee involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining or inspecting job made wood scaffolds and ladder jack scaffolds were not trained by a competent person to recognize the hazards associated with erecting and dismantling scaffolding and the proper ways and procedures in order to minimize those hazards.

Issued

Jul 16, 2015

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold was not protected by a personal fall arrest system:    Location:  5 Hidden Hill Road, Westport, CT 06880      Each employee working on the ladder jack scaffold was not provided with a personal fall arrest system.

Issued

Jul 16, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,400 · Current $3,300 Reduced

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.    Location:  5 Hidden Hill Road, Westport, CT 06880      Eye protection was not provided, and required to be worn, while employees were operating pneumatic nail guns.      REPEAT STATEMENT:    Z. Stupka Carpentry LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, 29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 856943, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on 03/15/2013, with respect to a workplace located at 9 Turkey Hill Road, Westport, CT.

Issued

Jul 16, 2015

Penalty

Initial $15,400 · Current $11,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):     Location:  5 Hidden Hill Road, Westport, CT 06880      1)The second floor porch with a fall distance of approximately 13 feet was not equipped with a fall protection system.    2) The second and third floor window openings with a sill height of approximately 22 inches and ranging in width between 33 inches and 78 inches and with a fall distance of greater than 12 feet was not equipped with a fall protection system.    3)  The 12 feet 2 inch wide, 22 foot 11 inch long foundation opening to the basement on the exterior of the house with a fall distance of approximately 8 feet 4 inches was not equipped with a fall protection system.      REPEAT STATEMENT:    Z. Stupka Carpentry LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 965386, citation number 1, item number 1a and was affirmed as a final order on 5/27/2014, with respect to a workplace located at 202 Rosebrook Road in New Canaan, CT.     Z. Stupka Carpentry LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 856943, citation number 1, item number 2a and was affirmed as a final order on 03/15/2013, with respect to a workplace located at 9 Turkey Hill Road, Westport, CT.

Issued

Jul 16, 2015

Abate by

Oct 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:    Location:  5 Hidden Hill Road, Westport, CT 06880      Each employee exposed to fall hazards were not adequately trained in the hazards associated with falling as well as the necessary procedures to take in order to minimize and/or eliminate those hazards.      REPEAT STATEMENT:      Z. Stupka Carpentry LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, 29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 965386, citation number 1, item number 1b and was affirmed as a final order on 5/27/2014, with respect to a workplace located at 202 Rosebrook Road in New Canaan, CT.      Z. Stupka Carpentry LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, 29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 856943, citation number 1, item number 2b and was affirmed as a final order on 03/15/2013, with respect to a workplace located at 9 Turkey Hill Road, Westport, CT.