OSHA Inspection: SEGUNDO MIZHIRUMBAY

Issued

Aug 17, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,175 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):     a. 61-65 NJ State Route 31, Hampton, NJ       Employees engaged in commercial siding installation accessed a Werner Pump Jack scaffold work platform from a welded frame scaffold that was not fully decked.  Employees accessed the welded tubular frame scaffold platform using a ladder to the fourth tier which was not fully decked.  Employees stood on double width wood planks as a means of a platform for access and/or egress to the pump jack scaffold.     Violation observed on or about July 29, 2015

Issued

Aug 17, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,175 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.     a. 61-65 NJ State Route 31, Hampton, NJ       Employees engaged in commercial siding installation accessed a Werner Pump Jack scaffold platform which was more than two feet above the access level without the use of a ladder.  Employees accessed a welded tubular frame scaffold using a ladder to the fourth tier and climbed from one platform deck to the next using the end rail and then onto the pump jack stage plank used as a bridge for access to the pump jack scaffold.     Violation observed on or about July 29, 2015

Issued

Aug 17, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,175 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:    a. 61-65 NJ State Route 31, Hampton, NJ    Employees performing commercial siding installation activities from a Werner pump jack scaffold were not protected from falls by use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.    Violation observed on or about July 29, 2015

Issued

Aug 17, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,175 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2): Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary.    a. 61-65 NJ State Route 31, Hampton, NJ     Pump jack scaffold was erected and not secured at the base.  Employees were observed installing commercial siding from a scaffold which was not secured at the bottom, thereby exposing employees to an unstable work platform and to fall hazards.    Violation observed on or about July 29, 2015