OSHA Inspection: TROPICAL LANDSCAPING LLC

Issued

2015-09-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $960.00 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) Exterior of Building - Scaffold Front Right: Employees engaged in masonry activities from a welded frame scaffold that was not fully planked were exposed to a fall hazards of approximately 6 feet in height, on or about 5/30/15.

Issued

2015-09-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:       a) Exterior of Building - Scaffold Front Right: Employees were exposed to a fall hazards of approximately  6 feet while engaged in masonry activities from a welded frame scaffold that was not resting on base plates or other adequate firm foundation, on or about 5/30/15.

Issued

2015-09-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $960.00 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.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.    a) Exterior of Building - Scaffold Front Right: Employees were exposed to a fall hazards of approximately 6 feet while engaged in masonry activities from a welded frame scaffold that did not have a proper means of access, on or about 5/30/15.

Issued

2015-09-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $960.00 Reduced

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 Front Right: Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 6 feet while engaged in masonry activities from a welded frame scaffold that was not was not braced properly, on or about 5/30/15.