OSHA Inspection: ZM MANAGEMENT, LLC

Issued

Nov 25, 2015

Abate by

Dec 15, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $2,450 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2):    Such programs did not provide for frequent and regular inspections of the job sites, materials, and equipment to be made by competent persons designated by the employers.    On 10/19/2015, the sub-contractor for ZM Management, LLC, was installing siding on the side of a three story apartment building located at the Villages at Lake Silvercote on Dry Creek Road in Wentzville, MO.  ZM Management, LLC, the general contractor, did not conduct an adequate inspection of the job site, materials, and equipment.  During the inspection, employees were exposed to the following hazards:    a)  An employee was installing siding on pump jack scaffolding approximately twenty feet above the ground without any fall protection.    b)  An employee was working on a pump jack scaffolding, which was not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent means at the bottom.

Issued

Nov 25, 2015

Abate by

Dec 15, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $2,450 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1):     Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level shall be protected from falling to that lower level.    On 10/19/2015, ZM Management, LLC had a subcontractor installing siding on the side of a three story apartment building located at the Villages at Lake Silvercote on Dry Creek Road in Wentzville, MO.  The subcontractors employee was installing siding on pump jack scaffolding approximately twenty feet above the ground without any fall protection.

Issued

Nov 25, 2015

Abate by

Dec 15, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $2,450 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2):     Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary.     On 10/19/2015, ZM Management, LLC had a subcontractor installing siding on the side of a three story apartment building located at the Villages at Lake Silvercote on Dry Creek Road in Wentzville, MO.  The subcontractors employee was working on a pump jack scaffolding, which was not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent means at the bottom.