OSHA Inspection: PERFORMANCE CARPENTRY, LLC

Issued

Feb 13, 2017

Abate by

Feb 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $305 · Current $305

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:  Location: 1005 Fairfield Beach Road, Fairfield, CT 06824  Abatement certification and documentation for Citation 01, Item 002, Citation 01, Item 005a and Citation 01, Item 005b were not received within 10 calendar days (by January 2, 2017) following the abatement due dates (December 22, 2016).

Issued

Nov 17, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,672 · Current $2,672

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.  Location: 1005 Fairfield Beach Road, Fairfield, CT 06824    A safe means of access to the pump jack scaffold was not provided in that access to the pump jack scaffold required climbing out a window to access the scaffold.

Issued

Nov 17, 2016

Abate by

Dec 22, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,604 · Current $1,604

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:  1005 Fairfield Beach Road, Fairfield, CT 06824    A pump jack scaffold was not erected under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection.

Issued

Nov 17, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,741 · Current $3,741

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.  Location: 1005 Fairfield Beach Road, Fairfield, CT 06824    The pump jack scaffold with a 26 foot fall distance to the ground was not equipped with a fall protection system.

Issued

Nov 17, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,604 · Current $1,604

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2): Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary.  Location:  1005 Fairfield Beach Road, Fairfield, CT 06824    The pump jack scaffold poles were not secured at the bottom, top and other points as necessary and were subject to displacement.

Issued

Nov 17, 2016

Abate by

Dec 22, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,604 · Current $1,604

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.  Location: 1005 Fairfield Beach Road, Fairfield, CT 06824    Each employee performing work while on a pump jack scaffold was not trained by a qualified person to recognize hazards associated with pump jack scaffolds and the procedures to control, minimize and/or eliminate such hazards.

Issued

Nov 17, 2016

Abate by

Dec 22, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.  Location: 1005 Fairfield Beach Road, Fairfield, CT 06824    Each employee erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining or inspecting pump jack scaffolds was not trained by a competent person to recognize all scaffolding, fall, and other hazards associated with pump jack scaffolds.