OSHA Inspection: DAN'S BRICKLAYING COMPANY

Issued

2015-09-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-09-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

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:  a) 1639 South 22nd Street, Philadelphia, PA - The employees were working off of a fabricated frame scaffold approximately 42 feet long, 18 feet high and 5 feet wide which was not fully planked or decked on all working levels between the front uprights and the guardrail supports. This hazard exposed the employees to fall hazards. This condition was observed on or about March 10, 2015.

Issued

2015-09-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-09-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): Where scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers or stairway-type ladders was not used for access:  a) 1639 South 22nd St, Philadelphia, PA - The employees were working off of a fabricated frame scaffold approximately 42 feet long, 18 feet high and 5 feet wide which did not have proper access for the employees to reach the various working levels of the scaffold. This hazard exposed the employees to a fall hazard. This condition was observed on or about March 10, 2015.

Issued

2015-09-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-09-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level by use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems:  a) 1639 South 22nd St, Philadelphia, PA - The employees were working off of a fabricated frame scaffold approximately 42 feet long, 18 feet high and 5 feet wide which did not have a fall protection system in place on the working levels of the scaffold. This hazard exposed the employees to a fall hazard of approximately 18 feet. This condition was observed on March 10, 2015.

Issued

2015-09-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work on a scaffold be 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) 1639 South 22nd Street, Philadelphia, PA - The employer did not instruct the employees in the recognition of hazards associated with the types of scaffolding being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize hazards, exposing the employees to fall, struck-by and collapse hazards, on or about March 10, 2015.