OSHA Inspection: MARK D. SMITH BUILDING CONTRACTOR, INC.

Issued

2017-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1630.00 · Current $978.00 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.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access:  On or about 23 August 2017, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were accessing a tubular welded scaffold approximately 9 feet high by climbing the outside rails and not utilizing a ladder, exposing the employees to a fall hazard.