OSHA Inspection: P & W PLASTERING CORP.

Issued

Dec 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,622 · Current $1,815 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)    On or about 8/16/2017, at the above addressed worksite, employees were exposed to fall hazards while applying stucco from a two-tier scaffold that was not fully planked.

Issued

Dec 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,622 · Current $1,815 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:      On or about 8/16/2017, at the above addressed worksite, employees were exposed to fall hazards while using the crossbraces to climb up the scaffold.

Issued

Dec 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,622 · Current $1,815 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.    a) On or about 8/16/2017, at the above addressed worksite, employees were exposed to fall hazards at the side of the townhouse working from a two-tier scaffold that lack guardrails.    b)  On or about 8/16/2017, at the above addressed worksite, an employee was exposed to a fall hazard while working from on top of two long planks in front of the townhouse that lack guardrails.

Issued

Dec 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms before being released for use by employees other than erection/dismantling crews:  a) On or about 8/16/2017, at the above addressed worksite, employees were exposed to fall hazards at the side of the townhouse working from a two-tier scaffold that lack guardrails along the open side and ends of the platforms.  b)  On or about 8/16/2017, at the above addressed worksite, an employee was exposed to a fall hazard while working from on top of two long planks in front of the townhouse that lack guardrails along the open side and ends of the platforms.

Issued

Dec 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,897 · Current $1,450 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(ii): A toeboard was not erected along the edge of platforms more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower levels for a distance sufficient to protect employees below:    On or about 8/16/2017, at the above addressed worksite, employees were exposed to struck-by hazards while stucco was being applied from a two-tier scaffold that lack toeboards.

Issued

Dec 7, 2017

Abate by

Jan 4, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  On or about 8/16/2017, at the above addressed worksite, the employer did not ensure the scaffold and scaffold components were inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift.  PLEASE NOTE: CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

Dec 7, 2017

Abate by

Jan 26, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employer had not developed or implemented a written hazard communication program which at included the requirements outlined in 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) and (e)(1)(ii):   On or about 8/16/2017, at the above addressed work site, the employer did not develop a written hazard communication program, which employees were exposed to Portland Cement during the mixing and application of the stucco.  PLEASE NOTE: CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

Dec 7, 2017

Abate by

Jan 26, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not ensure that material safety data sheets were readily accessible to the employees in their work area during each work shift:  On or about 8/16/2017, at the above addressed work site, the employer did not have the safety data sheet readily available at the work site for the stucco cement the employees were applying to the structure.   PLEASE NOTE: CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.