WASHINGTON, DC ·
OSHA Inspection: PARADAS DESIGN AND BUILD
Planned inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of PARADAS DESIGN AND BUILD in 5922 GLOVER DR NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20016 (NAICS 238130). OSHA activity number 341029015.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- PARADAS DESIGN AND BUILD
- Site address
- 5922 GLOVER DR NW
- City
- WASHINGTON
- State
- DC
- ZIP
- 20016
- Mailing
- 1621 COPPER WAY, FREDERICK, MD 21701
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Planned (H)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 238130
- Employees
- 3
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
4 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.451 B01
- Issued
- Nov 27, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $2,520 · Current $1,300 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.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $1300
- · Z (S) $2520
1926.451 E01
- Issued
- Nov 27, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $2,520 · Current $2,300 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.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $2300
- · Z (S) $2520
1926.451 E09 IV
- Issued
- Nov 27, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
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.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $0
- · Z (S) $0
1926.451 G01 VII
- Issued
- Nov 27, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $2,520 · Current $1,300 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.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $1300
- · Z (S) $2520
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 341029015.
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