OSHA Inspection: EXTERIOR MAINTENANCE LLC

Issued

2016-07-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

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 Right Side: Employees engaged in masonry activities from a welded frame scaffold that was not fully planked were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 18 feet in height, on or about 5/28/16.

Issued

2016-07-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $960.00 Reduced

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 Right Side: Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 6 feet while engaged in masonry activities from a welded frame scaffold that did not have a proper means of access, on or about 5/28/16.

Issued

2016-07-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 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 Right Side: Employees without any means of fall protection, engaged in masonry activities from a welded frame scaffold platform, were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 18 feet, on or about 5/28/16.