OSHA Inspection: PARADAS DESIGN AND BUILD

Issued

2015-11-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2520.00 · Current $1300.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Platform(s) on all working levels of scaffolds, were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and guardrail supports such that the space between adjacent units, and the space between the platform and the uprights    a) On or about October 29, 2015; front of building, employees were observed working on the top tier of a scaffold system that was not fully planked exposing them to an estimated fall of 27 feet to ground level. The platform in which the employees were working on only had two planks.

Issued

2015-11-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2520.00 · Current $2300.00 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) On or about October 29, 2015; front of building, employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 27 feet when accessing the scaffold system by using the cross braces.

Issued

2015-11-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(9)(iv): Cross braces on tubular welded frame scaffolds were used as a means of access or egress.   a) On or about October 29, 2015; front of the building, employees were observed climbing the cross braces to access other areas on the scaffold system to include exiting the working platform.

Issued

2015-11-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2520.00 · Current $1300.00 Reduced

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.     a) On or about October 29, 2015; front of building; employees were exposed to an estimated fall of 27 feet while working on an unguarded scaffold system.