OSHA Inspection: CALI J & CO.

Issued

2015-10-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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):  JOBSITE:  The fabricated frame scaffold platform, from which the employees were working to cut a steel beam, was not fully planked or decked.

Issued

2015-10-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees 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.  JOBSITE:  The fabricated frame scaffold, from which employees were working at a height 13 feet 9 inches above the ground was not erected under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection.

Issued

2015-10-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.  JOBSITE:  The fabricated frame scaffold platform, from which employees were required to work at a height 13 feet 9 inches from the ground was not equipped with a proper and safe means of access.

Issued

2015-10-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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.  JOBSITE:  The employees, working from the fabricated frame scaffold platform to cut steel beams were not protected from the hazard of falling 13 feet 9 inches to the ground by the use of guardrail systems, personal fall arrest devices or other safe means.

Issued

2015-10-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-17 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 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.  JOBSITE:  The employees, who were working from a fabricated frame scaffold platform without fall protection at a height of 13 feet 9 inches above the ground were not trained to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used.

Issued

2015-10-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.850(a): An engineering survey was not performed by a competent person to determine the conditions of the framing floors and walls and the possibility of unplanned collapse of any portion of the structure prior to permitting employees to start demolition operations:  JOBSITE:  The employer did not ensure through not only having an engineering survey done by a competent person to determine the conditions of the structures, but also performing preparatory operations tasks, such as (but not limited to) overall planning the work, methods to be used, the equipment necessary, the measures to be used, and prohibiting employees in the danger zones during the demolition operations.