OSHA Inspection: CHRIS EATON, LLC

Issued

2018-01-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-02-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4268.00 · Current $2774.00 Reduced

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:    a) Jobsite: The employer did not ensure that a competent person was on site to supervise and direct the erection of a scaffold.    Condition was noted on or about 12 JUL 2017.

Issued

2018-01-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer shall instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:  a) Jobsite: The employer did not provide training that allowed employees to recognize, evaluate and mitigate hazards associated with scaffolds such as but not limited to erecting/dismantling, falls and electricity.  Condition was noted on or about 12 JUL 2017.

Issued

2018-01-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4268.00 · Current $2774.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1): Supported scaffolds with a height to base width (including outrigger supports, if used) ratio of more than four to one (4:1) shall be restrained from tipping by guying, tying, bracing, or equivalent means, as follows:    a) Jobsite: Employees were working from and around a tubular welded frame scaffold, approximately 5 feet wide 32 feet in height and 8 feet in length, without the use of guys, ties or braces; thus exposing employees to scaffold collapse hazards.    Condition was noted on or about 12 JUL 2017.

Issued

2018-01-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3049.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(4): Part(s) of a scaffold that were damaged or weakened, such that the scaffold's strength was less than that required by paragraph (a) of this section, were not immediately repaired, replaced, braced to meet those provisions, nor removed from service until repaired.    a) Jobsite: The cross brace use to provide stability and structural integrity for the scaffold was not attached to the frame and the employer allowed employees to work from the scaffold exposing them to scaffold collapse hazards.    Condition was observed on or about 12 JULY 2017.

Issued

2018-01-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $28454.00 · Current $18495.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1): No employer shall permit an employee to work in such proximity to any part of an electric power circuit that the employee could contact the electric power circuit in the course of work, unless the employee is protected against electric shock by deenergizing the circuit and grounding it or by guarding it effectively by insulation or other means:    a) Jobsite: Employer did not ensure that employees were guarded by insulation or other means against electrical shock from a live 13.2kV power line by effectively grounding or deenergizing the line before work was performed.    Condition was noted on or about 12 JUL 2017.

Issued

2018-01-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(3): Before work is begun the employer shall ascertain by inquiry or direct observation, or by instruments, whether any part of an energized electric power circuit, exposed or concealed, is so located that the performance of the work may bring any person, tool, or machine into physical or electrical contact with the electric power circuit. The employer shall post and maintain proper warning signs where such a circuit exists. The employer shall advise employees of the location of such lines, the hazards involved, and the protective measures to be taken:  a) Jobsite: Employees were not familiar with the protective measurements to be used while working with 13.2kV live electrical power line.  Condition was noted on or about 12 JUL 2017.

Issued

2018-01-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $28454.00 · Current $18495.00 Reduced

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 might come closer than 10 ft to exposed and energized power lines:    a) Jobsite: The employer did not ensure that a tubular welded scaffold was erected closer than 10 feet from a 13.2kV live electrical power line.    Condition was noted on or about 12 Jul 2017.

Issued

2018-01-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8536.00 · Current $5548.00 Reduced

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:    a) Jobsite: Employees were working on the top level of a scaffold approximately 30 feet from the ground that was not fully planked.     Condition was noted on or about 12 JULY 2017.      Chris Eaton, LLC. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.451(b)(1) which was contained in OSHA inspection number 568839, citation number 1, item number 1-b and was affirmed as a final order on 27 MAR 2013, with respect to a workplace located at 1601 Wharton Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146.

Issued

2018-01-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8536.00 · Current $5548.00 Reduced

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:    a) 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 or by climbing out of the buildings windows; thus exposing them to fall hazards.    Condition was noted on or about 12 JUL 2017.        Chris Eaton, LLC. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.451(e)(1) which was contained in OSHA inspection number 568839, citation number 1, item number '2-a and was affirmed as a final order on 27 MAR 2013, with respect to a workplace located at 1601 Wharton Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146.

Issued

2018-01-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8536.00 · Current $5548.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): For all scaffolds not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, each employee shall be protected 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 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 noted on or about 12 JUL 2017.      Chris Eaton, LLC. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.451(g)(1) which was contained in OSHA inspection number 568839, citation number 1, item number 1-a and was affirmed as a final order on 27 MAR 2013, with respect to a workplace located at 1601 Wharton Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146.

Issued

2018-01-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-02-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3658.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

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:    a) Jobsite: The employer did not provide training that allowed employees to recognize, evaluate and mitigate hazards associated with scaffolds.    Condition was noted on or about 12 JUL 2017.      Chris Eaton, LLC. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.454(a) which was contained in OSHA inspection number 568839, citation number 1, item number 2-b and was affirmed as a final order on 27 MAR 2013, with respect to a workplace located at 1601 Wharton Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146