OSHA Inspection: MICKELSEN ACCENTS, INC

Issued

Mar 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,078 · Current $1,539 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) Jobsite: On February 28, 2017 and at times prior thereto employees performed masonry work from a tubular welder scaffold. Employees were exposed to a failure of the scaffold system where mud sills were not used along with the base plates on all of the scaffold legs. The base plates rested on soft, muddy ground.    Note) Corrected during the inspection.

Issued

Mar 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(i): Footings were not level, sound, rigid, or capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement:  a) Jobsite: On February 28, 2017 and at times prior thereto employees performed masonry work from a tubular welder scaffold. Employees were exposed to a potential failure of the scaffold system where the ground conditions varied between compact dirt, soft ground and muddy conditions.  Multiple legs of the scaffold system were sunk into the soft, muddy ground, causing the scaffold to lean into the building.   Note) Corrected during the inspection.

Issued

Mar 15, 2017

Abate by

Apr 10, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b)(2): The employer did not have each employee who was involved with erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize the correct procedures for the work and type of scaffold in question:   a) Jobsite: On February 28, 2017 and at times prior thereto employees working from a tubular welded scaffold system were exposed to a potential failure of the scaffold.  Employees and the competent person did not recognize or acknowledge the hazard of having multiple base plates without mud sills on soft, muddy ground.  Actions were not taken to correct or minimize the hazard.   b) Jobsite: On February 28, 2017 and at times prior thereto employees working from a tubular welded scaffold system were exposed to a potential failure of the scaffold.  The varying ground conditions, along with the condition of the scaffold and the load on the scaffold from workers, tools and materials, allowed the scaffold to begin to shift, sink and lean.  The competent person on site did not recognize or acknowledge these conditions and take actions to correct or minimize the hazard.   c) Jobsite: On February 28, 2017 and at times prior thereto employees working from a tubular welded scaffold system were exposed to a potential fall hazard and failure of the scaffold.  Employees climbed the scaffold frame for access to the working level.  Employees and the competent person did not recognize or acknowledge the hazard and take actions to correct or minimize the hazard.   Note) Certification of corrective action IS required for this item.

Issued

Mar 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,847 · Current $924 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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface were not used:     a) Jobsite: On February 28, 2017 and at times prior thereto employees working from a tubular welded scaffold system were exposed to a potential fall hazard and failure of the scaffold.  Employees climbed the scaffold frame for access to the working level.      Note) Corrected during inspection.