OSHA Inspection: MARK FLEMING STUCCO

Issued

Jul 19, 2017

Abate by

Jul 25, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,259 · Current $3,259

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there is a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, shall be protected by protective helmets.  1) Jobsite: The employer did not ensure that employees engaged in stucco activities were using hardhats to prevent head injuries.     Condition was observed on or about 17 MAY 2017.

Issued

Jul 19, 2017

Abate by

Jul 25, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1): Each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects.  For falling objects too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected, the employer did not place and secure such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall.  1) Jobsite: Employees were working on various levels of a scaffold that did not have toeboards installed; thus exposing the employees to falling hazards.   Condition was observed on or about 17 MAY 2017.

Issued

Jul 19, 2017

Abate by

Jul 31, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $3,803

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds shall be fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as follows:  1) Jobsite: Employees were working on various levels of a scaffold that were not fully planked; thus exposing the employees to trip and fall hazards.   Condition was observed on or about 17 MAY 2017.

Issued

Jul 19, 2017

Abate by

Jul 31, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $3,803

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1)(ii): Guys, ties, and/or braces were not installed  according to the scaffold manufacturer's recommendations or at the closest horizontal member to the 4:1 height and repeated vertically at locations of horizontal members every 20 feet (56.1 m) or less thereafter for scaffolds 3 feet ((0.91 m) wide or less, and every 26 feet (7.9 m) or less therafter for scaffolds greater than 3 feet (0.91m) wide.  1) Jobsite: Employees were working on and around a scaffold without the use of guys, ties or braces, exposing employees to scaffold collapse hazards.  Condition was observed on or about 17 MAY 2017

Issued

Jul 19, 2017

Abate by

Jul 31, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights shall bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation.  1) Jobsite: The Employer did not ensure that the scaffold legs were erected on a firm foundation; thus exposing employees to scaffold collapse hazards.  Condition was observed on or about 17 MAY 2017

Issued

Jul 19, 2017

Abate by

Jul 31, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components shall be inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity.  1) Jobsite: Employees were working on and around a scaffold without a competent person on site to inspect the scaffold for missing components.  Condition was observed on or about 17 MAY 2017.

Issued

Jul 19, 2017

Abate by

Jul 31, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $3,803

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms are 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 shall be used. Crossbraces shall not be used as a means of access.  1) Jobsite: The employer did not have a safe means to access the scaffold for his employees. Employees had to access the scaffold by climbing on the outside of the scaffold; thus exposing them to fall hazards.   Condition was observed on or about 17 MAY 2017.

Issued

Jul 19, 2017

Abate by

Sep 5, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer shall have each employee who performs 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.    1) Jobsite: Employer did not provide training that allowed employees to recognize, evaluate and mitigate hazards associated with scaffolds.   Condition was observed on or about 17 MAY 2017.

Issued

Jul 19, 2017

Abate by

Jul 25, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $3,803

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(6): Scaffolds were erected, used, dismantled, altered, or moved such that they, or any conductive material handled on them, could have come closer than the minimum distances established for specific voltages as set forth in the table in subparagraph (f)(6).Note:  Specify distances as indicated in table in paragraph (f)(6) of this section.  1) Jobsite: Employees were working on a scaffold while the metal frame of the scaffold was touching a live power lines, exposing employees to electrical hazards.   Condition was observed on or 17 MAY 2017.

Issued

Jul 19, 2017

Abate by

Sep 5, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $2,173

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds shall be erected, moved, dismantled, or altered only under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration. Such activities shall be performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.  1) Jobsite: Employees were disassembling a scaffold without training or a competent person on site to ensure safety guidelines were followed.  Condition was observed on or about 17 MAY 2017

Issued

Jul 19, 2017

Abate by

Jul 31, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $3,803

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.  1) Jobsite: The employer did not ensure that employees were protected from falls while working on a scaffold at heights greater than 10 feet without the use of a fall protection system.   Condition was observed on or about 17 MAY 2017

Issued

Jul 19, 2017

Abate by

Jul 25, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(5)(i): Ramps and walkways 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall have guardrail systems which comply with subpart M of this part -- Fall Protection;  1) Jobsite: Employees working on various levels of a scaffold were accessing another scaffold by means of a walkway without guardrails in place.  Condition was observed on or about 17 MAY 2017.

Issued

Jul 19, 2017

Abate by

Jul 25, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems shall be installed along all open sides and ends of platforms. Guardrail systems shall be installed before the scaffold is released for use by employees other than erection/dismantling crews.   1) Jobsite: Employees were working on various levels of a scaffold that did not have guardrails installed; thus exposing the employees fall hazards.   Condition was observed on or about 17 MAY 2017.