OSHA Inspection: DECOR ART, INC.

Issued

2016-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3741.00 · Current $2619.00 Reduced

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 is no.    Location: 169 Parkingway Quincy, MA    Employees were working from scaffolding that was not fully decked.

Issued

2016-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1604.00 · Current $0.00 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:    Location:  169 Parkingway Quincy MA    Employer did not inspect scaffolding prior to use to ensure scaffolding was free of hazards.

Issued

2016-12-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-01-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1604.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

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.    Location: 169 Parkingway Quincy, MA    Employees were exposed to fall hazards from un-safe access and lack of fall protection where a scaffold had been erected without the supervision of a competent person.

Issued

2016-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3741.00 · Current $0.00 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.    Location: 169 Parkingway Quincy, MA    Employees were exposed to a fall hazard of 15 feet, while working from a framed scaffold that had no guardrail systems, end rail systems, nor were personal fall arrest systems used or provided.

Issued

2016-12-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-01-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1604.00 · Current $1122.00 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.    Location:  169 Parkingway Quincy, MA    Employee was exposed to struck by hazards from a 5 gallon bucket of adhesive and a roll of reinforcing material while working from a scaffolding, and was not protected by a hard hat.

Issued

2016-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3741.00 · Current $2619.00 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.    Location: 169 Parkingway Quincy, MA    Employees working from a parapet wall were exposed to falls of 15 feet.