OSHA Inspection: PHOENIX EXPERIENTIAL DESIGNS, LLC.

Issued

2016-03-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1440.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:     a) 925 Roundtop Road Lewisberry, PA - An employee without a hard hat worked on a platform below another worker who was on the upper platform using hand tools and constructing a wooden structure, thereby exposing the employee to head injuries, on or about October 23, 2015.     No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

2016-03-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $6300.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:     (a) Upper Level - A supervisor was working on the adult adventure challenge seventeen (17) feet three (3) inches above the ground without the benefit of a fall protection system, thereby exposing him to a fall to the ground below, on or about October 23, 2015.     (b) Lower Level - An employee was working on the adult adventure challenge six (6) feet Eight (8) inches above the ground without the benefit of a fall protection system, the employee fell from the platform and suffered fatal injuries when he struck the rocks below, on or about October 23, 2015.      No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

2016-03-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4)(ii): Each employee on a walking/working surface was not protected from tripping in or stepping into or through holes by covers:  (a) 925 Roundtop Road Lewisberry, PA - The supervisor was performing work activity on the second level of the platform and was not protected from stepping into a hole where the steps came through the platform, approximately ten (10) feet above the first level and a seventeen (17) feet three (30) inches above the ground, on or about October 23, 2015.  No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

2016-03-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:       (a)  925 Roundtop Road Lewisberry, PA - The supervisor and an employee used an eight (8) foot Werner fiberglass step ladder to gain access to the first level platform that did not extend at least 3 feet above the landing, thereby exposing the employee to injuries, on or about October 23, 2015.    No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

2016-03-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4):  Ladders were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:    (a)  925 Roundtop Road Lewisberry, PA  - The supervisor and an employee used an eight (8) foot Werner fiberglass step ladder in the closed position to gain access to the first level platform, thereby exposing the employee to injuries, on or about October 23, 2015.    No abatement certification or documentation required.