OSHA Inspection: WILLIAMS CONTRACTORS & CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, LLC.

Issued

2016-07-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-07-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Platform(s) on all working levels of scaffolds, were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and guardrail supports such that the space between adjacent units, and the space between the platform and the uprights.  On or about May 27, 2016, on the North side of the building, the employer allowed employees to work on a tubular scaffold that wasn't fully planked, to put a base coating on the trim of the building.

Issued

2016-07-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-07-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.  On or about May 27, 2016, on the North side of the building, the employer was allowing employees to access the scaffold by climbing the frame of the scaffold to put on a base coating of paint, on the trim of the building.

Issued

2016-07-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-07-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.  On or about May 27, 2016, on the North side of the building, the employer allowed employees to work on a scaffold, greater than 10 feet without having any fall protection, to put a base coating of paint on the trim of the building.