OSHA Inspection: BRIAN ALLENDORFER COMPANY, INC.

Issued

Jan 10, 2017

Abate by

Feb 13, 2017

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $0 Reduced

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:     Brian Allendorfer Company, Inc., failed to certify to OSHA within 10 calendar days after the abatement date that each of the following cited violations had been corrected:     Citation Number                       Item Number                            Abatement Date  01                                            02a                                            10/18/2016  01                                            03                                              11/15/2016       In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

Oct 12, 2016

Penalty

Initial $5,487 · Current $0 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)  On August 31, 2016, employees were exposed to the hazard of falling up to approximately 20.5 feet to the ground, while performing tuckpointing work from tubular welded frame scaffold platforms that were not fully planked.  No abatement certification or documentation is required for this item.

Issued

Oct 12, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level.  a)  On August 31, 2016, employees were exposed to the hazard of falling up to approximately 20.5 feet to the ground, while performing tuckpointing work from tubular welded frame scaffold platforms.   No abatement certification or documentation is required for this item.

Issued

Oct 12, 2016

Abate by

Oct 18, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,920 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1)(ii): Guys, ties, and/or braces were not installed  according to the scaffold manufacturer's recommendations or at the closest horizontal member to the 4:1 height and repeated vertically at locations of horizontal members every 20 feet (56.1 m) or less thereafter for scaffolds 3 feet ((0.91 m) wide or less, and every 26 feet (7.9 m) or less thereafter for scaffolds greater than 3 feet (0.91m) wide:  a)  On August 31, 2016, employees were working from a tubular welded frame scaffold that was approximately 20.5 feet high and 30 inches wide and was not tied to the building.  In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

Oct 12, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:   a)  On August 31, 2016, the scaffold that the employees were working from did not bear on base plates.   No abatement certification or documentation is required for this item.

Issued

Oct 12, 2016

Abate by

Nov 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,920 · Current $0 Reduced

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 August 31, 2016, employer did not provide training to each employee in order to recognize hazards associated with working from tubular welded frame scaffolding and to understand procedures to control or minimize those hazards.  In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).