OSHA Inspection: SUPER PLASTER LLC

Issued

2015-08-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3080.00 · Current $3080.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(8): At all points of a scaffold where the platform changes direction, such as turning a corner, the platform that rests on a bearer at an angle other than a right angle was not laid first, and platforms which rest at right angles over:    a) Exterior of Building - Scaffold : Employees engaged in masonry activities from a welded frame scaffold with changing directions did not have the planking laid in the proper order exposing employees to a fall hazard ranging from approximately 6 feet to 18 feet, on or about 5/14/15.

Issued

2015-08-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3080.00 · Current $3080.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(9)(iv): Cross braces on tubular welded frame scaffolds were used as a means of access or egress.    a) Exterior of Building - Scaffold: Employees while engaged in masonry activities, were exposed to a fall hazard ranging approximately from 6 feet to 18 feet from a welded frame scaffold while using the cross braces as a means of access, on or about 5/14/15.

Issued

2015-08-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3080.00 · Current $3080.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.    a) Exterior of Building - Scaffold: Employees engaged in masonry activities,  without any means of fall protection from a welded frame scaffold platform were exposed to fall hazards ranging from approximately 6 feet to 18 feet, on or about 5/14/15.

Issued

2015-08-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3080.00 · Current $3080.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(ii): A toeboard was not erected along the edge of platforms more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower levels for a distance sufficient to protect employees below:    a) Exterior of Building - Scaffold: Employees were exposed to struck by falling object hazards while working from a scaffold platform up to 24 feet in height without a toeboard or similar protection in place, on or about 5/14/15.

Issued

2015-08-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3080.00 · Current $3080.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): Tubular welded frames and panels were not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which would have secured vertical members together laterally:    a) Exterior of Building - Scaffold: Employees were exposed to scaffold collapse hazards while engaged in masonry activities from a welded frame scaffold that was not properly braced, on or about 5/14/15.

Issued

2015-08-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-09-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3080.00 · Current $3080.00

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.   a) Exterior of Building - Scaffold: Employees were exposed to fall and struck by hazards while working from tubular scaffold platforms that were ranging from approximately 6 feet to 24 feet in height without having been trained in the recognition of the hazards associated with scaffold operations, on or about 5/14/15.

Issued

2015-08-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3080.00 · Current $3080.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(16): Portable ladders with structural defects, such as, but not limited to, broken or missing rungs, cleats, or steps, broken or split rails, corroded components, or other faulty or defective components, were not either immediately marked in a manner that readily identifies them as defective, or tagged with "Do Not Use" or similar language, and were not withdrawn from service until repaired.   a) Exterior of Building - Scaffold : Employees were exposed to fall hazards ranging from approximately 6 feet to 18 feet while using a defective aluminum extension ladder to access the scaffold platform, on or about 5/14/15.

Issued

2015-08-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2200.00 · Current $2200.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(20): Employees did not face the ladder when ascending or descending the ladder:    a) Exterior of Building - Scaffold : Employee  was exposed to a fall hazards ranging from approximately 6 feet to 18 feet as his body was not facing the aluminum extension ladder  while descending it, on or about 5/14/15.

Issued

2015-08-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $15400.00 · Current $15400.00

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) Exterior of Building - Scaffold : Employees engaged in masonry activities from a welded frame scaffold that was not fully planked were exposed to a fall hazards ranging from approximately 6 feet to 18 feet, on or about 5/14/15.  SUPER PLASTER LLC. was previously cited REPEAT for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 314674185, citation number 01, item number 01 and was affirmed as a final order on 5/16/11, with respect to a workplace located at 536 Valley Brook Ave., Lyndhurst NJ.

Issued

2015-08-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $15400.00 · Current $15400.00

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.     a) Exterior of Building - Scaffold: Employees were exposed to a fall hazards ranging approximately from 6 feet to 18 feet while engaged in masonry activities from a welded frame scaffold that did not have proper access, on or about 5/14/15.  SUPER PLASTER LLC. was previously cited REPEAT for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 314674185, citation number 01, item number 02 and was affirmed as a final order on 5/16/11, with respect to a workplace located at 536 Valley Brook Ave., Lyndhurst NJ.