OSHA Inspection: E.A.T. CONSTRUCTION

Issued

2017-03-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2173.00 · Current $869.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of the scaffold was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports:    a. South side residential home: On or about February 07, 2017, employees with no fall protection were exposed to falls, when working from a welded frame scaffold platform not fully planked, while installing the stone and brick veneer to the residential home.    b. East side residential home: On or about February 07, 2017, employees with no fall protection were exposed to falls, when working from a welded frame scaffold platform not fully planked, while installing the stone and brick veneer to the residential home.

Issued

2017-03-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Scaffold platforms and walkways were not at least 18 inches wide:   a. South side residential home: On or about February 07, 2017, employees with no fall protection were exposed to falls, when working from a welded frame scaffold platform having only one 2X12 plank, while installing the stone and brick veneer to the residential home.   b. East side residential home: On or about February 07, 2017, employees with no fall protection were exposed to falls, when working from a welded frame scaffold platform having only one 2X12 plank, while installing the stone and brick veneer to the residential home.

Issued

2017-03-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2173.00 · Current $869.00 Reduced

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. South side residential home: On or about February 07, 2017, employees with no fall protection were exposed to falls, when working from a welded frame scaffold platform not having base plates, while installing the stone and brick veneer to the residential home.    b. East side residential home: On or about February 07, 2017, employees with no fall protection were exposed to falls, when working from a welded frame scaffold platform not having base plates, while installing the stone and brick veneer to the residential home.

Issued

2017-03-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(ii): Unstable objects were used to support scaffolds or platform units:    a. South side residential home: On or about February 07, 2017, employees with no fall protection were exposed to falls, when working from a welded frame scaffold platform resting on a stack of bricks, while installing the stone and brick veneer to the residential home.  b. East side residential home: On or about February 07, 2017, employees with no fall protection were exposed to falls, when working from a welded frame scaffold platform resting on unstable objects, while installing the stone and brick veneer to the residential home.

Issued

2017-03-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2173.00 · Current $869.00 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. South side residential home: On or about February 07, 2017, employees with no fall protection were exposed to falls, when working from a welded frame scaffold platform not provided with a ladder, while installing the stone and brick veneer to the residential home.      b. East side residential home: On or about February 07, 2017, employees with no fall protection were exposed to falls, when working from a welded frame scaffold platform not provided with a ladder, while installing the stone and brick veneer to the residential home.

Issued

2017-03-03 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:  a. South side residential home: On or about February 07, 2017, employees with no fall protection were exposed to falls, when working from a welded frame scaffold platform not erected by competent persons, while installing the stone and brick veneer to the residential home.  b. East side residential home: On or about February 07, 2017, employees with no fall protection were exposed to falls, when working from a welded frame scaffold platform not erected by competent persons, while installing the stone and brick veneer to the residential home.

Issued

2017-03-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2173.00 · Current $869.00 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. South side residential home: On or about February 07, 2017, employees with no fall protection were exposed to falls, when working from a welded frame scaffold platform with no guard railing, while installing the stone and brick veneer to the residential home.      b. East side residential home: On or about February 07, 2017, employees with no fall protection were exposed to falls, when working from a welded frame scaffold platform with no guard railing, while installing the stone and brick veneer to the residential home.