OSHA Inspection: ELP SERVICES LLC

Issued

Oct 18, 2017

Abate by

Oct 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $1,900 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)    Jobsite: The platform of the fabricated frame scaffold from which employees were working was not fully planked on each working level.

Issued

Oct 18, 2017

Abate by

Oct 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(i): The end of a platform 10 feet or less in length extended over its support more than 12 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees and/or materials without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end.  Jobsite: The platforms of the fabricated frame scaffold from which employees were working were not appropriately secured and the ends of the platforms extended more than 12 inches over the supports.

Issued

Oct 18, 2017

Abate by

Oct 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $1,900 Reduced

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:    Jobsite:  The poles of the fabricated frame scaffold, from which employees were working were not placed on base plates, mud sills or adequate firm foundations to prevent settling or displacement.

Issued

Oct 18, 2017

Abate by

Oct 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(3): Frames and panels were not joined together vertically by coupling or stacking pins or equivalent means:  Jobsite: The frames of the fabricated frame scaffold from which employees were working were not vertically joined together by appropriate devices of equivalent means.

Issued

Oct 18, 2017

Abate by

Oct 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2): Employees working below a scaffold were not protected from falling tools, materials or equipment in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs (h)(2)(i)-(v) of this section:    Jobsite: The employees working below the working platform of the fabricated frame scaffold were not protected from falling material that was not only stored on, but also used by employees.

Issued

Oct 18, 2017

Abate by

Oct 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $1,900 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.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.    Jobsite:  Employees were not provided with appropriate safe means of access and were climbing the cross braces of the fabricated frame scaffold in order to access the upper working platforms.

Issued

Oct 18, 2017

Abate by

Oct 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:    Jobsite:  The fabricated frame scaffold having many missing and damaged parts and the scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift to identify and correct the numerous missing and damaged parts.

Issued

Oct 18, 2017

Abate by

Oct 24, 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.  Jobsite: The employer did not ensure that the fabricated frame scaffold was erected and altered under the direct supervision of a competent person.

Issued

Oct 18, 2017

Abate by

Oct 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $2,800 Reduced

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.    Jobsite:  The employees who were working on the fabricated frame scaffold were not protected from the hazard of falling approximately 21 feet 4 inches to the ground by the use of appropriate types of fall protection systems/devices.

Issued

Oct 18, 2017

Abate by

Dec 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $1,500 Reduced

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.    Jobsite: The employer did not ensure that all employees who were performing work from the scaffold were trained by a qualified person in the hazards related to the scaffold and the procedures to control or minimize these hazards

Issued

Oct 18, 2017

Abate by

Dec 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee 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.    Jobsite: The employer did not ensure that the employees involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold were trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question including the topics as required by paragraphs (b)(1)-(4) of this section.