OSHA Inspection: BEST DEAL HOME IMPROVEMENTS

Issued

2017-04-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-05-02 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):  a) Jobsite - Employees performing stucco preparation work were exposed to fall hazards of approximately twenty-five (25) feet without the walking working platform of the scaffold being fully planked or decked between the front uprights and guardrail supports.  Observed on or about 13 DEC 2016.

Issued

2017-04-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-05-02 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.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.   a) Jobsite - The employer did not provide the employees with a safe means of access and/or egress to the tubular welded frame scaffold platform from a lower level, exposing employees to a fall hazard of approximately twenty-five (25) feet.  Employees were using the side frame of the scaffold to access and/or egress the working levels. Observed on or about 13 DEC 2016.

Issued

2017-04-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-05-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $3803.00

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.   a) Jobsite - The employer did not ensure employees working approximately twenty-five (25) feet were protected from falling by guardrails on a tubular welded scaffold. Observed on or about 13 DEC 2016.

Issued

2017-04-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-05-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3259.00 · Current $3259.00

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; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.  a) Jobsite - The employer did not ensure that a competent person oversaw the erection of a tubular welded scaffold exposing to employees to hazards including, but not limited to, fall hazards of approximately twenty-five (25) feet. Noted on or about 13 DEC 2016.

Issued

2017-04-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-05-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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.  a) Jobsite - The employer did not ensure that each employee working on a tubular welded scaffold was provided training to enable the employee to recognize, evaluate, and mitigate hazards associated with working from a supported frame scaffold. Noted on or about 13 DEC 2016.