OSHA Inspection: NELSON TURCIOS DBA DAVID'S RESTORATION, LLC

Issued

2017-05-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $2100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(1): Each scaffold and/or scaffold component was not capable of supporting, without failure, its own weight and at least 4 times the maximum intended load applied or transmitted to it: Note:  Exceptions are provided in paragraphs (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(4), (a)(5) and (g) of this section.    Location:  9 Norwalk Avenue, Westport, CT 06880    A 2x6 nailed to the side of a building as a scaffold support bracket was not secured properly, dislodged from the building, and was unable to support at least 4 times the maximum intended load of the two employees.    On or about 4 December 2016, two workers were working from a carpenter bracket scaffold at a residential construction site in Norwalk, CT.  One of the 2x6 support brackets dislodged from the side of the building when the nails holding it in place pulled out from the wall.  The 2x12 plank the workers were standing on subsequently and simultaneously shifted, fell a couple of feet, and rested on a lower level.  This resulted in both workers losing their balance resulting in both workers falling to the ground 35 feet below.  One worker was fatally injured and the other worker sustained severe bodily injuries.

Issued

2017-05-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $2100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Except as provided in paragraphs (b)(2)(i) and (b)(2)(ii) of this section, each scaffold platform and/or walkway was not at least 18 inches (46 cm) wide:    Location:  9 Norwalk Avenue, Westport, CT 06880    Two employees were working on a single 2x10 carpenter bracket scaffold plank/platform 35 feet above ground level.

Issued

2017-05-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $2100.00 Reduced

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.    Location:  9 Norwalk Avenue, Westport, CT 06880    A carpenter bracket scaffold was not erected under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection.

Issued

2017-05-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $2100.00 Reduced

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.    Location:  9 Norwalk Avenue, Westport, CT 06880    The two employees performing work on a carpenter bracket scaffold were not trained by a qualified person in the appropriate subject matter to be able to recognized hazards associated with carpenter bracket scaffolds and know the procedures to use to control, minimize and/or eliminate those hazards.

Issued

2017-05-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question.  Location:  9 Norwalk Avenue, Westport, CT 06880  The two employees, who erected and maintained the scaffolding, were not trained by a competent person to recognize fall and other hazards associated with scaffolds.

Issued

2017-05-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $25350.00 · Current $18000.00 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.    Location:  9 Norwalk Avenue, Westport, CT 06880    The carpenter bracket scaffold 35 feet above ground level located on the south side of the residential construction site that the employees were working from was not equipped with a fall protection system.      On or about 4 December 2016, two workers were working from a carpenter bracket scaffold at a residential construction site in Norwalk, CT.  One of the 2x6 support brackets dislodged from the side of the building when the nails holding it in place pulled out from the wall.  The 2x12 plank the workers were standing on subsequently and simultaneously shifted, fell a couple of feet, and rested on a lower level.  This resulted in both workers losing their balance resulting in both workers falling to the ground 35 feet below.  One worker was fatally injured and the other worker sustained severe bodily injuries.