OSHA Inspection: BUGAJ CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LLC

Issued

Aug 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $2,173

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:  Location:  284 Lalley Boulevard, Fairfield, CT 06824    The poles of a pump jack scaffold were set up on grass and were not set on a firm foundation such as but not limited base plates.

Issued

Aug 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $2,173

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.  Location: 284 Lalley Boulevard, Fairfield, CT 06824    A feasible means 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) to the scaffold platform on the aluminum pump jack scaffold was not provided.

Issued

Aug 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $2,716

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.  Location:  Jobsite, 284 Lalley Boulevard, Fairfield, CT 06824  Each employee working on an aluminum pump jack scaffold installing wood siding was within 3 feet of an energized power line.

Issued

Aug 24, 2017

Abate by

Sep 28, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.  Location:  284 Lalley Boulevard, Fairfield, CT 06824    The aluminum pump jack scaffold was not erected under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection.

Issued

Aug 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $2,716

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:  Location: 284 Lalley Boulevard, Fairfield, CT 06824    The scaffold platform on the aluminum pump jack scaffold 15 feet above the ground was not equipped with a fall protection systems and/or devices.

Issued

Aug 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $2,173

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2): Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary.  Location:  284 Lalley Boulevard, Fairfield, CT 06824    The poles of the aluminum pump jack scaffold were not secured at the bottom and were susceptible to being displaced.

Issued

Aug 24, 2017

Abate by

Sep 28, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,630 · Current $1,630

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.  Location:  284 Lalley Boulevard, Fairfield, CT 06824    Each employee performing work on an aluminum pump jack scaffold was not trained by a qualified person in the appropriate subject matter to be able to recognized hazards and know what procedures to use to control or minimize those hazards.

Issued

Aug 24, 2017

Abate by

Sep 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.  Location:  284 Lalley Boulevard, Fairfield, CT 06824    Each employee involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, moving, maintaining or inspecting aluminum pump jack scaffolds were not trained by a competent person to recognize scaffolding, fall, and other hazards associated with scaffolds.