OSHA Inspection: GOLDEN EAGLE TILE AND STONE, INC.

Issued

Aug 10, 2016

Abate by

Aug 16, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,673 · Current $1,347 Reduced

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 June 14, 2016 and at times prior, employees were exposed from falling objects while working on and around the scaffold. The scaffold was not installed with toeboards to protect employees from falling objects or tools.

Issued

Aug 10, 2016

Abate by

Aug 16, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,742 · Current $1,871 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:      a) On or about June 14, 2016 and at times prior, an employee was exposed from falls of approximately 10 feet high while working on the roof. The employee was not protected with a fall protection system.

Issued

Aug 9, 2016

Abate by

Aug 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,742 · Current $1,871 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(i): Each platform unit (e.g., scaffold plank, fabricated plank, fabricated deck, or fabricated platform) was not installed so that the space between adjacent units and the space between the platform and the uprights were no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, except where the employer can demonstrate that a wider space is necessary.      a) On or about June 14, 2016 and at times prior, employees were exposed from falls of approximately 8 to 10 feet high while working on the scaffold. The scaffold was not fully planked.

Issued

Aug 9, 2016

Abate by

Aug 15, 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.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access:   a) On or about June 14, 2016 and at times prior, employees were exposed from falls of approximately 8 to 10 feet high while accessing and egressing the scaffolds. The employees used the cross braces to access and egress the scaffold.

Issued

Aug 9, 2016

Abate by

Aug 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,742 · Current $1,871 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:      a) On or about June 14, 2016 and at times prior, employees were exposed from falls of approximately 8 to 10 feet high while working on the scaffold. The platform planks were found with cracks and were in no good condition, leg poles were deformed, and scaffolds were missing planks on them. The scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected by a competent person prior to use.

Issued

Aug 9, 2016

Abate by

Aug 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(4): Part(s) of a scaffold that were damaged or weakened, such that the scaffold's strength was less than that required by paragraph (a) of this section, were not immediately repaired, replaced, braced to meet those provisions, nor removed from service until repaired.   a) On or about June 14, 2016 and at times prior, employees were exposed from falls of approximately 8 to 10 feet high while working on the scaffolds. The leg poles of the scaffold were deformed while the planks have cracks on them and were not removed from service until repaired.

Issued

Aug 9, 2016

Abate by

Aug 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 June 14, 2016 and at times prior, employees were exposed from falls of approximately 8 to 10 feet high while working on the scaffold. The platform planks were found with cracks and were in no good condition, leg poles were deformed, and scaffolds were missing planks on them. The employees did not have the knowledge and understanding while working on the scaffold and were not provided with scaffold training.