OSHA Inspection: MAX PROFESSIONAL PAINTING LLC

Issued

2016-12-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-01-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4988.00 · Current $2993.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(ii): Each employee on a single-point or two-point adjustable suspension scaffold was not protected by both a personal fall arrest system and a guardrail system:  On or about 11/09/2016, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were observed operating suspended scaffolds, for which the front guardrail had been removed/was not installed, therefore exposing the employees to a fall hazard.  NOTE: CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ABATMENET IS REQUIED FRO THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

2016-12-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-01-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4988.00 · Current $2993.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(9): Lanyards and/or vertical lifelines did not have a minimum breaking strength of 5,000 pounds (22.2 kN):  On or about 11/09/2016, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were observed using PFAS/vertical lifeline(s), while working in suspended scaffolds, which were tied-off (knotted) to a parapet clamp and/or building column, resulting in the reduction of the lifeline(s) strength by 50 percent or more, (Ref: OSHA Appendix A to Subpart M), therefore exposing the employees to a fall hazard.   NOTE: CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ABATMENET IS REQUIED FRO THIS VIOLATION.