OSHA Inspection: ENGLISH BROTHERS COMPANY

Issued

2017-01-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-01-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6860.00 · Current $3430.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(i): Footings were not level, sound, rigid, and capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement:    On or about November 29, 2016, English Brothers Company had an employee exposed to fall hazards in excess of 20 ft. while working from an erected scaffold, which did not have footing that was level, sound, rigid, and capable of supporting the loaded scaffold, on a commercial construction site in Thomasboro, IL.

Issued

2017-01-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-01-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6859.00 · Current $3430.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:    On or about November 29, 2016, English Brothers Company had an employee exposed to fall hazards in excess of 20 ft. while working from an erected scaffold, and the scaffolding was not inspected by a competent person for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, on a commercial construction site in Thomasboro, IL.

Issued

2017-01-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-01-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person:  On or about November 29, 2016, English Brothers Company had an employee exposed to fall hazards in excess of 20 ft. while working from an erected scaffold, and the scaffolding was not erected under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration, on a commercial construction site in Thomasboro, IL.

Issued

2017-01-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-01-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9603.00 · Current $4800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:     On or about November 29, 2016, English Brothers Company had an employee exposed to fall hazards in excess of 20 ft. without fall protection, while working from scaffolding, on a commercial construction site in Thomasboro, IL.