OSHA Inspection: MORNING PLASTERING AND STUCCO, INC.

Issued

Aug 4, 2016

Abate by

Aug 23, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,741 · Current $3,741

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) 4525 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA - Fabricated frame scaffold components were intermixed and or modified and did not maintain the scaffold structural integrity. This condition exposed the employees to component failures and scaffold collapse on or about February 26, 2016.

Issued

Aug 4, 2016

Abate by

Aug 23, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,741 · Current $3,741

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(vii): Each toprail or equivalent member of a guardrail system was not capable of withstanding, without failure, a force applied in any downward or horizontal direction at any point along its top edge of at least 100 pounds (445 n) or guardrail systems installed on single-point adjustable suspension scaffolds or two-point adjustable suspension scaffolds, and at least 200 pounds (890 n) for guardrail systems installed on all other scaffolds.  a) 4525 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA - The employer did not ensure that the top rail of the guardrail system on the fabricated frame scaffold was capable of standing, without failure, a force applied in any downward or horizontal direction at any point along its top edge of at least 200 pounds. This condition exposed the employees to fall hazards on or about February 26, 2016.

Issued

Aug 4, 2016

Abate by

Aug 23, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(1): Each scaffold and scaffold component was not capable of supporting, without failure, its own weight and at least 4 times the maximum intended load applied or transmitted to it:  a) 4525 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA - The employer did not ensure that the fabricated frame scaffold guardrails and cross bracing was capable of supporting, without failure, at least 4 times the maximum intended load applied or transmitted to it thus exposing the employee to a scaffold collapse and or fall hazards on or about February 25, 2016.

Issued

Aug 4, 2016

Abate by

Aug 23, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work on a scaffold be 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:  a) 4525 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA - The employer did not instruct the employees in the recognition of hazards associated with the types of scaffolding being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize hazards, exposing the employees to fall, struck-by and collapse hazards, on or about February 26, 2016.