OSHA Inspection: AMAYA FINISHING INC.

Issued

2015-06-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  On or about May 12, 2015, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 6 feet while working from a scaffold that was missing the mud sills on a new residential construction project.

Issued

2015-06-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $600.00 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 12, 2015, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee was exposed to a fall hazard while using the side of the scaffold to access the platform on a new residential construction project.

Issued

2015-06-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $800.00 Reduced

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:  On or about May 12, 2015, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 6 feet while working from a scaffold that was not erected by a competent person on a new residential construction project.