OSHA Inspection: WISCONSIN EXTERIORS AND DRYWALL, INC.

Issued

Dec 11, 2015

Abate by

Feb 3, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,300 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain such programs as may be necessary to comply with this part:    The employer had not implemented programs to insure safe working conditions for employees working from scaffolds and engaged in caulking activities.

Issued

Dec 11, 2015

Abate by

Feb 3, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  Employees working from the 2 point suspension scaffold and the fabricated frame scaffold were not trained to recognize scaffold hazards and the procedures to minimize those hazards.

Issued

Dec 11, 2015

Abate by

Dec 21, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,000 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:    On or about August 13, 2015, the fabricated frame scaffold used at the rear of the building did not have a ladder or other safe access.

Issued

Dec 11, 2015

Abate by

Feb 3, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,300 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:    On or about August 13, 2015, the fabricated frame scaffold used on the rear of the building was not inspected by a competent person.

Issued

Dec 11, 2015

Abate by

Feb 3, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered only 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 August 13, 2015, the fabricated frame scaffold erected at the rear of the building was not erected under the supervision of a competent person and by trained employees.

Issued

Dec 11, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,300 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(ii): Each employee on a single-point or two-point adjustable suspension scaffold was not protected by both a personal fall arrest system and a guardrail system:    On or about August 13, 2015, an employee working from the two-point adjustable suspension scaffold used on the front of the building was not protected from falling by a personal fall arrest system.

Issued

Dec 11, 2015

Abate by

Dec 21, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,220 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section:    On or about August 13, 2015, employees working from the fabricated frame scaffold used at the rear of the building were not protected from falls to lower levels.