OSHA Inspection: TROY BARNARD

Issued

2017-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $1304.00 Reduced

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). At the worksite - On or about June 28, 2017, the first and second levels of a fabricated frame scaffold were not fully planked or decked, thus exposing employees to a fall hazard.

Issued

2017-08-10 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.  a). At the worksite - On or about June 28, 2017, there were four end frame legs on a fabricated frame scaffold that were not supported on mud sills or other adequate firm foundation, thus exposing employees to a fall hazard.

Issued

2017-08-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-09-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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). At the worksite - On or about June 28, 2017, a fabricated frame scaffold was not erected under the supervision of a competent person, thus exposing employees to a fall hazard.

Issued

2017-08-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-09-06 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.  a). At the worksite - On or about June 28, 2017, employees engaged in the erection of a fabricated frame scaffold were not provided with training by a competent person, thus exposing employees to a fall hazard.

Issued

2017-08-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-09-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $1304.00 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 other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.    a). At the worksite - On or about June 28, 2017, the first level of a fabricated frame scaffold was accessed by climbing the end frames, thus exposing employees to a fall hazard.

Issued

2017-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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.  a). At the worksite - On or about June 28, 2017, an employee worked from the second level of a fabricated frame scaffold without the use of a fall protection system, thus exposing employees to a fall hazard.

Issued

2017-08-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-09-06 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). At the worksite - On or about June 28, 2017, the employer did not provide training to employees who worked from a fabricated frame scaffold in the recognition of scaffold hazards and the procedures in how to control or minimize those hazards, thus exposing employees to a fall hazard.