OSHA Inspection: TNZ&T INC.

Issued

2016-05-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

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.    a) Exterior of Building - Scaffold Front: Employee was working on a tubular frame scaffold platform that had not been erected under the supervision of a competent person, on or about 4/9/16.

Issued

2016-05-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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)     a) Exterior of Building - Scaffold Front: Employee engaged in masonry activities from a welded frame scaffold that was not fully planked was exposed to a fall hazards of approximately 12 feet in height, on or about 4/9/16.

Issued

2016-05-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:    a) Exterior of Building - Front Left Scaffold: Employee was exposed to a fall hazards of approximately  12 feet while engaged in masonry activities from a welded frame scaffold that was not resting on base plates or other adequate firm foundation, on or about 4/9/16.

Issued

2016-05-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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.  a) Exterior of Building - Scaffold Front: Employee was exposed to a fall hazards of approximately 12 feet while engaged in masonry activities from a welded frame scaffold that did not have a proper means of access, on or about 4/9/16.

Issued

2016-05-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.      a) Exterior of Building - Scaffold Front: Employee without any means of fall protection, engaged in masonry activities from a welded frame scaffold platform, was exposed to a fall hazards of approximately 12 feet, on or about 4/9/16.

Issued

2016-05-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m)  or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b), nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:    a) Exterior of Building - Roof Front: Employee without any means of fall protection, engaged in masonry activities from roof surface, was exposed to a fall hazards of approximately 16 feet, on or about 4/9/16.