OSHA Inspection: DAVIS STUCCO, INC.

Issued

Mar 14, 2016

Abate by

Mar 24, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):  On or about 21 January 2016, at the above addressed jobsite, two employees were performing stucco work while on the second level of a two tier tubular welded frame scaffold that was not fully planked at the level they were working at, exposing the employees to a fall hazard of approximately 14 feet.

Issued

Mar 14, 2016

Abate by

Mar 24, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 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:   On or about 21 January 2016, at the above addressed jobsite, two employees were performing stucco work while on the second level of a two tier tubular welded frame scaffold and climbing the outside rails not utilizing a ladder, exposing the employees to a fall hazard of approximately 14 feet.

Issued

Mar 14, 2016

Abate by

Mar 24, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 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:  On or about 21 January 2016, at the above addressed jobsite, two employees were performing stucco work while on the second level of a two tier tubular welded frame scaffold that did have guardrails all installed anywhere on the second level, exposing the employees to a fall hazard of approximately 14 feet.

Issued

Mar 14, 2016

Abate by

Mar 24, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(ii): A toeboard was not erected along the edge of platforms more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower levels for a distance sufficient to protect employees below:   On or about 21 January 2016, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were performing stucco work while utilizing a two tier scaffold that did not have toe boards  installed in either level, exposing the employees to a struck by hazard.

Issued

Mar 14, 2016

Abate by

Mar 31, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards:    On or about 21 January 2016, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were performing stucco work while utilizing a two tier tubular welded frame scaffold without receiving scaffolding training, exposing the employees to a fall hazard of approximately 14 feet.

Issued

Mar 14, 2016

Abate by

Mar 31, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:   On or about 21 January, 2016, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were performing stucco work while utilizing a two tier tubular welded frame scaffold without the scaffold being inspected by a competent person, exposing the employees to a fall hazard of approximately 14 feet.

Issued

Mar 14, 2016

Abate by

Mar 24, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person:   On or about 21 January 2016, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were performing stucco work while utilizing a two tier tubular welded frame scaffold without the scaffold being erected by a competent person, exposing the employees to a fall hazard of approximately 14 feet.