OSHA Inspection: WAYNE WIDENHOUSE

Issued

Feb 2, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,020 · Current $1,020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(g)(2)(iv): Flexible cords were not connected to devices and fittings so that strain relief is provided to prevent pull from being directly transmitted to joints or terminal screws:  a) On December 2, 2015, the Dewalt table saw flexible cord lacked strain relief.

Issued

Feb 2, 2016

Abate by

Feb 22, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question:  a) On December 2, 2015, employees were not trained by a competent person in that the trainer did not know the requirements of 29 CFR 1926.451 for erecting scaffolding.

Issued

Feb 2, 2016

Abate by

Feb 22, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2): Poles of pump jack scaffold(s) were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing, or equivalent, at the bottom, top and other points as necessary:  a) On or about December 2, 2015, the pump jack scaffold poles/legs were not secured at the bottom.

Issued

Feb 2, 2016

Abate by

Feb 22, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames and uprights were not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  a) On or about December 2, 2015, the employer did not ensure that the blue fabricated scaffold (blue) had base plates and/or mud sills.

Issued

Feb 2, 2016

Abate by

Feb 22, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): For all scaffolds not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, each employee was not protected 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 December 2, 2015, the blue fabricated scaffold was not equipped with guardrails on the working levels.    b) On or about December 2, 2015, no type of fall protection system was used with the pump jack scaffold.

Issued

Feb 2, 2016

Abate by

Feb 22, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): A means of access for scaffold platforms more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, such as 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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used:   a) On or about December 2, 2015, the employer did not ensure that the scaffold on site had a ladder installed.

Issued

Feb 2, 2016

Abate by

Feb 22, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2): Where there was a danger of tools, materials, or equipment falling from a scaffold and striking employees below provisions in paragraphs (i) through (v) were not applied:  a) On or about December 2, 2015, toe boards were not installed on the working levels of frame scaffold.