OSHA Inspection: SMH CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

2015-10-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(ii): The platform was not planked or decked as fully as possible and the remaining open space between the platform and the uprights exceeded 9.5 inches (24.1 cm):   On or about July 31, 2015, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 7.5 feet while working from a scaffold that was not fully planked.

Issued

2015-10-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  On or about July 31, 2015, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 7.5 feet while working from a scaffold that was not erected by a competent person.

Issued

2015-10-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 July 31, 2015, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 7.5 feet while working from a scaffold that was missing the mud sills.

Issued

2015-10-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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.  Cross braces were used as a means of access:   On or about July 31, 2015, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while using the side of the scaffold to access the platform.