OSHA Inspection: ELITE CUSTOM STUCCO, LLC

Issued

May 26, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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). On or about April 18, 2016 3 employees were working on the third and fourth tiers of a tubular welded frame scaffold system that was not fully planked between front and back uprights and were exposed to falls in excess of 18 and 24 feet to the ground below.

Issued

May 26, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Cross braces and End Frames were used as a means of access.  a). On or about April 18, 2016 3 employees used the end frames of the scaffold tiers to gain access to the upper tiers of the scaffold.

Issued

May 26, 2016

Abate by

Jul 14, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1): Each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects.  For falling objects too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected, the employer did not place and secure such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall.  a). On or about April 18, 2016 3 employees were working on a 5 tier tubular welded scaffold system were not protected from overhead falling objects or debris because the scaffold system was not erected with toeboards, screens, or debris nets.

Issued

May 26, 2016

Abate by

Jul 14, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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). On or about April 18, 2016 one employee was working on the 5th tier of a 5 tier tubular welded scaffold system and was not protected by any means of personal fall protection, guardrails, or safety nets and was exposed to falls in excess of 28 feet to the ground below.

Issued

May 26, 2016

Abate by

Jul 14, 2016

Penalty

Initial $160 · Current $160

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.  a). On or about April 18, 2016 employer did not provide training to each employee working on a scaffold system.