OSHA Inspection: SUPERIOR REMODELING & HOME MAINTENANCE INC.

Issued

2017-04-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-04-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3621.00 · Current $2534.00 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:      a) On December 22, 2016, employees were exposed to the hazard of falling up to approximately 15 feet from tubular welded frame scaffold platforms which were not fully planked.

Issued

2017-04-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-04-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3622.00 · Current $2534.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1):  Supported scaffold(s) with a height to base width (including outrigger supports) ratio greater than four to one (4:1) was not restrained from tipping by guying, tying, bracing, or equivalent means:      a)  On December 22, 2106, employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 20 feet while working on a frame scaffold which was not restrained from tipping by any means.

Issued

2017-04-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-04-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2):  Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:    a)  On  December 22, 2016, employees worked from a tubular welded frame scaffold where the scaffold legs did not bear on base plates.

Issued

2017-04-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3622.00 · Current $2534.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 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.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.       a)  On December 22, 2016, employees working from tubular welded frame scaffolding did not utilize a ladder to properly access a work platform being used at an elevation of approximately 20 feet above the ground.

Issued

2017-04-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5070.00 · Current $3549.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.      a)  On December 22, 2016, employees were exposed to the hazard of falling while performing carpentry work from tubular welded frame scaffold platform elevated approximately 20 feet above the ground.

Issued

2017-04-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-04-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5070.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13):  Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems, nor were the employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501(b):      a)  On December 22, 2016, employees were exposed to fall hazards of up to approximately 21'-8" while performing carpentry work to an existing single family home.

Issued

2017-04-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3622.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4):  Ladder(s) were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:    a)  On December 22, 2016, employees were exposed to fall hazards while using an A-frame ladder without its metal spreaders or locking devices in the open position in order to access and egress the second story framing of an existing single family house.    b)  On December 22, 2016, employees exposed to fall hazards while using an A-frame ladder without its metal spreaders or locking devices in the open position in order to access and egress the first floor interior from the ground level of an existing single family house.