OSHA Inspection: AMG CONSTRUCTION

Issued

Mar 8, 2016

Abate by

Mar 18, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:       1) On February 18, 2016, employees working from a pump jack scaffold were exposed to fall hazards where the poles were not placed on mud sills to prevent them from sinking into the ground.

Issued

Mar 8, 2016

Abate by

Mar 18, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7):  Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:    1) On February 18, 2016, employees worked from a pump jack scaffold that had not been erected under the supervision of a competent person.

Issued

Mar 8, 2016

Abate by

Mar 18, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:    1) On February 18, 2016, employees working from a pump jack scaffold were exposed to fall hazards where the bottom of the poles were not secured to the structure or by other equivalent bracing.

Issued

Mar 8, 2016

Abate by

Mar 18, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b)(2): The employer did not have each employee who was involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person in the correct procedures for erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting the scaffold:                                                         1) On February 18, 2016, employees working from a pump jack scaffold that they had erected had not been trained in the correct procedures for erecting and operating the scaffold.

Issued

Mar 8, 2016

Abate by

Mar 18, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:      1) On February 18, 2016, employees engaged in siding work were while standing on a roof were not protected from falls in excess of 13.