OSHA Inspection: KWAK BROTHERS PAINTING, INC.

Issued

2017-10-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5070.00 · Current $2535.00 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. On or about August 29, 2017, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee conducting painting operations from a ladder jack scaffold approximately twenty (20) feet two (2) inches above the ground was not provided with an access ladder, thereby exposing the employee to fall hazards.

Issued

2017-10-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold was not protected by a personal fall arrest system:  a. On or about August 29, 2017, at the above addressed jobsite, employees performing painting operations on ladder jack scaffold approximately twenty (20) feet two (2) inches and thirteen (13) feet six (6) inches above the ground were not protected from falls, thereby exposing the employees to fall hazards.

Issued

2017-10-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(k)(1): Platforms exceeded a height of 20 feet (6.1 m)  a.  On or about August 29, 2017, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee was performing painting operations from a ladder jack scaffold with the platform twenty (20) feet two (2) inches above the ground, there by exposing the employee to falls.

Issued

2017-10-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3622.00 · Current $1811.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m)  or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems:    a.  On or about August 29, 2017, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee performing residential painting on a roof, twelve (12) feet above the ground, was not protected from falls, thereby exposing the employee to fall hazards.