OSHA Inspection: SMITH DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

2015-07-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-07-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 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, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access:    On or about June 24, 2015, at a worksite located at 1833 West State Street, Alliance, OH 4460, the employer did not ensure employees accessing a Bil Jax mobile scaffold were provided proper access. Employees were climbing the end frames of the scaffold and the built in ladder did not align properly.

Issued

2015-07-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-07-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:    On or about June 24, 2015, at a worksite located at 1833 West State Street, Alliance, OH 4460, the employer did not ensure employees on a Bil Jax mobile scaffold were protected from fall hazards approximately 10.8 feet.

Issued

2015-07-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-07-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(w)(6)(ii): Employee(s) were allowed to ride on a scaffold that had a height that was more than two times the base width and had not been designed and constructed to meet or exceed nationally recognized stability test requirements:    On or about June 24, 2015, at a worksite located at 1833 West State Street, Alliance, OH 4460, the employer did not ensure employees were not riding on a Bil Jax mobile scaffold that was 15 feet high and 5 feet wide.

Issued

2015-07-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-07-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4000.00 · Current $2000.00 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 June 24, 2015, at a worksite located at 1833 West State Street, Alliance, OH 4460, the employer did not ensure a Bil Jax mobile scaffold was erected by trained and experienced employees under the supervision of a competent person.    SMITH DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION INC.. WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD OR ITS EQUIVALENT STANDARD, 29 CFR 1926.451(F)(7), WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 314591546, CITATION NUMBER 01, ITEM NUMBER 005, AND WAS AFFIRMED AS A FINAL ORDER ON APRIL 6, 2011, WITH RESPECT TO A WORKPLACE LOCATED AT 17229 HUCKADORE ROAD, CALDWELL, OH 43724.

Issued

2015-07-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-07-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4000.00 · Current $2000.00 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:    On or about June 24, 2015, at a worksite located at 1833 West State Street, Alliance, OH 4460, the employer did not ensure all employees working on a Bil Jax mobile scaffold were trained to recognize the hazards associated with the scaffold and procedures to control the hazards.    SMITH DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION INC.. WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD OR ITS EQUIVALENT STANDARD, 29 CFR 1926.454(B), WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 314591546, CITATION NUMBER 01, ITEM NUMBER 007, AND WAS AFFIRMED AS A FINAL ORDER ON APRIL 6, 2011, WITH RESPECT TO A WORKPLACE LOCATED AT 17229 HUCKADORE ROAD, CALDWELL, OH 43724.