OSHA Inspection: RM PLASTERING INC.

Issued

Oct 7, 2015

Abate by

Oct 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,320 · Current $660 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(i): Each platform unit (e.g., scaffold plank, fabricated plank, fabricated deck, or fabricated platform) was not installed so that the space between adjacent units and the space between the platform and the uprights were no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, except where the employer can demonstrate that a wider space is necessary.     On or about September 16, 2015, on the front of the building, employees installing foam insulation from fabricated frame scaffolds with the space between the scaffold planking and uprights exceeding one inch wide, exposing employees to a fall hazard.

Issued

Oct 7, 2015

Abate by

Oct 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(7): On scaffolds where platforms were overlapped to create a long platform, the overlap did not occur only over supports, and/or was less than 12 inches (30 cm) when the platforms were not nailed together or otherwise restrained to prevent movement.  On or about September 16, 2015, on the front of the building, an employee working from fabricated frame scaffolding was exposed to a fall hazard exceeding 10 feet while installing foam insulation without platforms overlapping at least 12 inches or nailed down to prevent movement.

Issued

Oct 7, 2015

Abate by

Oct 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,320 · Current $660 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1): Each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects.  For falling objects too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected, the employer did not place and secure such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall.    On or about September 16, 2015, on the front side of the building, employees working from fabricated frame scaffolding were exposed to struck-by hazards while installing foam insulation without a means of protection from falling hand tools, debris, or other small objects.

Issued

Oct 7, 2015

Abate by

Oct 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $1,540 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:    On or about September 16, 2015, employees working from fabricated frame scaffolding were exposed to a fall hazard exceeding 10 feet while installing foam insulation without the scaffolding being braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces to secure the frames and panels.

Issued

Oct 7, 2015

Abate by

Nov 25, 2015

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.  On the front of the newly constructed building, employees installing foam insulation to the exterior of the building were not trained by a qualified person to recognize hazards associated with fabricated frame scaffolding.

Issued

Oct 7, 2015

Abate by

Nov 25, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work:  On the front of the newly constructed building, employees installing foam insulation to the exterior of the building were not trained by a competent person to recognize hazards associated involved in erecting, maintaining and inspecting the scaffolding.