OSHA Inspection: XCAVA MILL, LLC

Issued

2017-07-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $3803.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):   On or about March 03, 2017, and at times prior thereto, at this construction site, employees were working on a scaffold and installing building materials at 30 feet high. The employer did not ensure that all scaffold platforms and working surfaces were fully planked.

Issued

2017-07-26 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:    On or about March 03, 2017, and at times prior thereto, at this construction site, employees were working on a scaffold and installing building materials at 30 feet high. The employer did not ensure that his supported scaffold was equipped with adequate base plates or mud sills.

Issued

2017-07-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): Tubular welded frames and panels were not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which would have secured vertical members together laterally:   On or about March 03, 2017, and at times prior thereto, at this construction site, employees were working on a scaffold and installing building materials at 30 feet high. The employer did not ensure that his supported scaffold has all cross diagonal braces in place.

Issued

2017-07-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $3803.00

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 March 03, 2017, and at times prior thereto, at this construction site, employees were working on a scaffold and installing building materials with no fall protection at a height greater than 30 feet.

Issued

2017-07-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(2): The employer did not have a competent person determine the feasibility and safety of providing fall protection for employees erecting or dismantling supported scaffolds:   On or about March 03, 2017, and at times prior thereto, at this construction site, employees were working on a fabricated by them supported scaffold greater than 30 feet. The employer did not provide a competent person that will supervise and ensure fall protection for the employees.

Issued

2017-07-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $3803.00

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:   On or about March 03, 2017, and at times prior thereto, at this construction site, employees were working on a scaffold and installing building materials at 30 feet high. The employer did not ensure that his supported scaffold was equipped with adequate and safe access to the scaffold platforms, such as, but not limited to integral prefabricated scaffold access ladder.

Issued

2017-07-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $3803.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performs work while on a scaffold(s) trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize those hazards associated with the type of scaffold(s) being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards:   On or about March 03, 2017, and at times prior thereto, at this construction site, employees were working on a scaffold and installing building materials at 30 feet high. The employer did not train his employees on recognizing the hazards associated with working on scaffolds structures and on procedures to reduce or eliminate those hazards.

Issued

2017-07-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-14 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 who was 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:   On or about March 03, 2017, and at times prior thereto, at this construction site, employees were working on a scaffold and installing building materials at 30 feet high. The employer did not train his employees on how to erect, disassemble, move, operate, repair, maintain, or how to inspect the integrity of the scaffold.