OSHA Inspection: OK WELDING MASTER

Issued

2016-02-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(b)(2): Listed, labeled, or certified equipment was not installed and used in accordance with instructions included in the listing, labeling, or certification:      a) Exterior of Building - Ground Level - Welding Machine: Employee was exposed to electric shock while utilizing a metal junction box and receptacle that were not rated for outside use to energize a Thermal Arc electric welder, on or about 10/14/2015.      b) Exterior of Building - Ground Level - Chop Saw Machine: Employee was exposed to electric shock while utilizing a metal junction box and receptacle that were not rated for outside use to energize a Makita electric chop saw, on or about 10/14/2015.    c) Exterior of Building - Ground Level - Electric Panel: Employee was exposed to electric shock while utilizing a metal junction box and receptacle that were not rated for outside use to energize the extension cord that energized a Thermal Arc electric welder, on or about 10/14/2015.

Issued

2016-02-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(b)(1): Conductors entering boxes, cabinets, and fittings were not protected from abrasion:      a) Exterior of Building - Ground Level - Electric Panel: Employees were exposed to electric shock while utilizing a metal junction box hanging from its energized wires from an unprotected opening on the electric panel as part of the energizing system of an electric welder, on or about 10/14/2015.

Issued

2016-02-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(b)(2): In energized installations, each outlet box did not have a cover, faceplate, or fixture canopy:        a) Exterior of Building - Ground Level - Electric Panel: Employees were exposed to electric shock while utilizing a metal junction box receptacle that did not have a faceplate to energize an electric Themal Arc Welder, on or about 10/14/2015.

Issued

2016-02-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1120.00 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) Interior of Building - Scaffold on Southwest Stair Tower: Employee fell approximately 5 feet while engaged in steelwork  activities from a welded frame scaffold that was not resting on base plates, on or about 10/14/2015.

Issued

2016-02-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-02-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1120.00 Reduced

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.        a) Interior of Building - Scaffold on Southwest Stair Tower: Employees were working on a tubular frame scaffold platform that had not been erected under the supervision of a competent person, on or about 10/14/2015.

Issued

2016-02-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-02-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1120.00 Reduced

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.      a) Interior of Building - Scaffold on Southwest Stair Tower: Employee stated through lawyer that he had not been trained in the safe operation of scaffolding and had been directed to work from a scaffold, on or about 10/14/2015.