OSHA Inspection: COX CONSTRUCTION

Issued

Oct 7, 2016

Abate by

Oct 14, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,604 · Current $642 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(g)(2)(iv): Flexible cords were not connected to devices and fittings so that strain relief was provided that prevented pull from being directly transmitted to joints or terminal screws.    On or about October 3, 2016, employees were working on the exterior of a residential home while working with power tools that were connected to 120-V flexible cords. One of the cords connected to a power tool showed signs of strain with exposed insulated wires, exposing the employees to electrical shock.

Issued

Oct 7, 2016

Abate by

Oct 14, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,672 · Current $1,069 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):    On or about October 3, 2016, employees were painting the exterior of a residential home while working from the top of the third tier of the tubular welded scaffold up to approximately 19 feet high without the scaffold being fully planked, exposing the employees to a fall hazard.

Issued

Oct 7, 2016

Abate by

Oct 14, 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.  On or about October 3, 2016, employees were painting the exterior of a residential home while using the crossbraces of a three tier tubular scaffold as a means of access to the top level approximately 19 feet high, exposing the employees to a fall hazard.

Issued

Oct 7, 2016

Abate by

Oct 14, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,672 · Current $1,069 Reduced

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 October 3, 2016, employees were painting the exterior of a residential home while working from the top of the third tier of the tubular welded scaffold up to approximately 19 feet high without fall protection, exposing the employees to a fall hazard.

Issued

Oct 7, 2016

Abate by

Oct 14, 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.  On or about October 3, 2016, the employees were painting the exterior of a residential home while working on a three tier tubular welded scaffold up to approximately 19 feet high.  The employer and employees had not received training on the hazards associated with scaffolds.   None of the scaffolding was erected with guard railing, the scaffold was not fully planked, and no ladder access was provided, exposing the employees to a fall hazard.