OSHA Inspection: PACO DRYWALL LLC

Issued

2016-10-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $12471.00 · Current $12471.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6): Scaffolds were not designed by a qualified person:  a) Elevator shaft - job site at 25 Division St., Jersey City  Employees worked on a scaffold that was not designed by a qualified person. The scaffold consisted of 6 wood planks & 2 plywood sheets resting on sheetrock & metal wall stud placed on the horizontal.  Violation occurred on or about 4/20/2016

Issued

2016-10-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $12471.00 · Current $12471.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(4): Each end of a platform, not cleated or otherwise restrained by hooks or equivalent means, did not extend over the centerline of its support at least 6 inches (15 cm):  a) Elevator shaft at job site 25 Division St., Jersey City  Employees worked from a scaffold, on the 4th floor installing sheetrock, with scaffold planking that extended less than 6 inches over the support.  Violation 4/20/2016.

Issued

2016-10-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $12471.00 · Current $12471.00

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) Elevator shaft - job site 25 Division St., Jersey City  Employees erected scaffolds in an elevator shaft without supervision & direction from a competent person.  Violation occurred on or about 4/20/2016

Issued

2016-10-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $12471.00 · Current $12471.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(2): The employer did not have a competent person determine the feasibility and safety of providing fall protection for employees erecting or dismantling supported scaffolds; the employer did not provide fall protection for employees erecting supported scaffolds where the installation and use of such protection is feasible and does not create a greater hazard:  a) Elevator shaft - job site 25 Division St., Jersey City  A competent person did not evaluate fall protection for employees erecting a scaffold in an elevator shaft. Employees stood on unsecured wood planks without fall protection.  Violation occurred on or about 4/20/2016.

Issued

2016-10-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $12471.00 · Current $12471.00

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) Elevator shaft - job site at 25 Division St., Jersey City  Employees installed sheetrock while working on a scaffold were not trained to recognize fall hazards, the maximum intended load, and the load-carrying capacity of the scaffold.    Violation occurred on or about 4/20/2016.

Issued

2016-10-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $12471.00 · Current $12471.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question.  a) Elevator shaft - job site at 25 Division St., Jersey City  Employees erected scaffolding in an elevator shaft were not trained on the proper procedures to erect the scaffold nor how to protect themselves from falling while performing the work.   Violation occurred on or about 4/20/2016.