OSHA Inspection: P. S. BRUCKEL, INC.

Issued

Apr 28, 2017

Abate by

May 25, 2018

Penalty

Initial $12,675 · Current $12,675

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.106(a): Employee(s) working over or near water where the danger of drowning existed, were not provided with U.S. Coast Guard approved life jacket(s) or buoyant work vest(s):      a) Bridge - On or about November 4, 2016, employees were working over and near an 11' deep canal without life jackets.  Employees were not using fall protection continuously while working on the suspended scaffolding.      -On November 4, 2016 an employee drowned in the canal, after falling from the suspended scaffold that partially collapsed.

Issued

Apr 28, 2017

Abate by

May 25, 2018

Penalty

Initial $12,675 · Current $12,675

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold was not protected by a personal fall arrest system:      a) Bridge - On or about November 4, 2016, employees were working over an 11' deep canal from a catenary scaffold.  Employees were not adequately using their personal fall arrest systems in that they were not tied off to an anchor point.      -On November 4, 2016 an employee drowned in the canal, after falling from the suspended scaffold that partially collapsed.

Issued

Apr 28, 2017

Abate by

May 25, 2018

Penalty

Initial $8,873 · Current $8,873

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(6)(v): A snaphook was engaged to an object which is incompatibly shaped or dimensioned in relation to the snaphook such that unintentional disengagement could occur by the connected object being able to depress the snaphook keeper and release itself:      a) Bridge - On or about November 4, 2016, an employee was working from a suspended scaffold over a canal using personal fall protection.  The employee used the lip of the bridge beams to attach his lanyards snaphook to, which didn't allow for the snaphook to lock.  This exposed employees to fall hazards from the hooks coming lose off the beam during a fall.

Issued

Apr 28, 2017

Abate by

May 25, 2018

Penalty

Initial $8,873 · Current $15,777

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(16)(iii): Personal fall arrest systems, when stopping a fall, were not rigged such that an employee could not free fall more than 6 feet (1.8 m) nor contact any lower level:      a) Bridge - On or about November 4, 2016, employees were working from a suspended scaffold over a canal using personal fall protection.  As installed, the personal fall arrest system allowed for an employee to fall a distance greater than the distance from the anchor point to the water surface.

Issued

Apr 28, 2017

Abate by

May 25, 2018

Penalty

Initial $8,873 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(21): Personal fall arrest systems were not inspected prior to each use for wear, damage, and other deterioration, and/or defective components were not removed from service:      a) Bridge - On or about November 4, 2016, employees were working from a suspended scaffold over a canal using personal fall protection.  Defects found included; lanyard snaphook keepers not closing automatically, lanyard snaphook locking devices not functional, lanyards and harnesses labels not legible, pulled/cut stitching in harnesses, abrasion, frays, discoloration, and soiling of harness webbing.  These defective components were not removed from service which exposes employees to fall hazards from equipment not working.