OSHA Inspection: ARTISAN BUILDER'S LLC

Issued

May 6, 2016

Abate by

May 12, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(6): On scaffolds where scaffold planks are abutted to create a long platform, each abutted end shall rest on a separate support surface. This provision does not preclude the use of common support members, such as "T" sections, to support abutting planks, or hook on platforms designed to rest on common supports.    (a) South Side of Building: A scaffold plank used as an access bridge from the second floor balcony to an installed pump jack scaffold plank, and abutted the pump jack scaffold plank did not rest on a separate support face, exposing the employee(s) to a fall hazard.    (b) South East Corner of Building: The employer pump jack scaffold plank from the south east wall pump jack scaffold abutted /overlapped a south side wall pump jack scaffold plank to form a continuous working surface. The abutted ends of the scaffold planks did not rest on a separate support face, exposing employee(s) to a fall hazard.

Issued

May 6, 2016

Abate by

May 12, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(10): Scaffold components manufactured by different manufacturers shall not be intermixed unless the components fit together without force and the scaffold's structural integrity is maintained by the user. Scaffold components manufactured by different manufacturers shall not be modified in order to intermix them unless a competent person determines the resulting scaffold is structurally sound.    (a) South East Corner of Building: The company erected pump jack scaffolds using components from different manufacturers.  The company used vertical pole supports manufactured by Alum-A-Pole and used pump jack supports manufactured by Werner. This exposed employees to a fall hazard.

Issued

May 6, 2016

Abate by

May 12, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was six (6) feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.    (a) South Side of Building: An employee performing construction work from a second floor balcony was not protected from falling to the lower level.

Issued

May 6, 2016

Abate by

Jun 2, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(2)(iii): The employer did not assure that each employee has been trained, as necessary, by a competent person in the use and operation of guardrail systems, safety net systems, warning line systems, safety monitoring systems, controlled access zones, and other protection to be used.    (a) The employer did not ensure that employees exposed to fall hazards had been trained to recognize and minimize the fall hazards with their work and to employ fall protection systems and methods to prevent falls.