OSHA Inspection: STUCCO BUILDERS

Issued

2016-11-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3207.00 · Current $500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    a/  At the job site, employee(s) climbing down from the tubular weld standard frame scaffold then walking/working along its base were not protected with hard hats.  Ten-gallon, plastic buckets of Dryvit Sand Pebble Pastel Base, Batch #17809 were positioned on single 2 X 9 wooden planks at various locations along this multi-tiered scaffold.

Issued

2016-11-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3741.00 · Current $500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as follows:    a/  At the job site, two employees were observed working from the third tier of the tubular weld standard frame scaffold that was equipped with a single 2 X 9 wooden plank.  The second tier of this scaffold was equipped with three 2 X 9 wooden planks per section.  The fall distance from the third tier to the ground below was approximately 15 feet.

Issued

2016-11-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2):  Each scaffold platform and walkway was not at least 18 inches (46 cm) wide:  a/  At the job site, two employees were observed working from the third tier of the tubular weld standard frame scaffold that was equipped with a single 2 X 9 wooden plank.  The fall distance to the ground below was approximately 15 feet.

Issued

2016-11-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(4):  Each end of a platform, unless cleated or otherwise restrained by hooks or equivalent means, did not extend over the centerline of its support at least six (6) inches (15 cm):  a/  At the job site, the 2 X 9 wooden planks located at the second tier of the tubular weld standard frame scaffold extended approximately four inches beyond the centerline.  The fall distance to the ground below was approximately ten feet.

Issued

2016-11-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3741.00 · Current $500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(3):  Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights were not plumb and braced to prevent swaying and displacement:    a/  At the job site, 51 individual cross braces belonging to the tubular weld standard frame scaffold were missing.

Issued

2016-11-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3741.00 · Current $500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than two (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:    a/  At the job site, two employees were observed jumping from the single 2 X 9 wooden plank to the integral prefabricated ladder in order to descend.  The fall distance to the ground below was approximately 15 feet.

Issued

2016-11-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3741.00 · Current $500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered only under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:    At the job site, the employer failed to select a competent person to oversee the safe erection and use of the three-tier high tubular weld standard frame scaffold.  The following hazards were noted:    a/  No hard hats worn by the erectors of this scaffold.    b/  Use of a single 2 X 9 wooden plank by two employees.    c/  In adequate number of planks for safe walking/working surfaces.    d/  Inadequate overlap over the centerline for the 2 X 9 wooden planks.    e/  Lacking 51 cross braces.    f/   Unsafe access.    g/  Lack of a standard guardrail system along the entire working length of this scaffold.    h/  No paneling or the equivalent installed to prevent falling objects.

Issued

2016-11-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a)(1): The employer did not instruct exposed employees to the nature of any electrical hazards, fall hazards and falling object hazards in the work area:  At the job site, the employer failed to instruct exposed employees to recognize the following hazards:  a/  No hard hats worn by the erectors of this scaffold.  b/  Use of a single 2 X 9 wooden plank by two employees.  c/  In adequate number of planks for safe walking/working surfaces.  d/  Inadequate overlap over the centerline for the 2 X 9 wooden planks.  e/  Lacking 51 cross braces.  f/   Unsafe access.  g/  Lack of a standard guardrail system along the entire working length of this scaffold.  h/  No paneling or the equivalent installed to prevent falling objects.

Issued

2016-11-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3741.00 · Current $500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i):  Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms:    a/  At the job site, a standard guardrail system was not installed along the entire length of the tubular weld standard frame scaffold.  The fall distance to the ground below was approximately 15 feet.

Issued

2016-11-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3741.00 · Current $500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(iii): Where tools, materials, or equipment were piled to a height higher than the top edge of the toeboard, paneling or screening extending from the toeboard or platform to the top of the guardrail was not erected for a distance sufficient to protect employees below:    a/  At the job site, six, ten gallon buckets of Dryvit Sand Pebble Pastel Base, Batch #17809, were positioned on various points of the scaffold planking.  No paneling, screening, or the equivalent was installed to prevent these buckets from falling to the ground below.