OSHA Inspection: FAIRFIELD INSULATION LLC

Issued

Dec 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $9,054 · Current $6,300 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(5): Scaffolds were moved horizontally while employees were on them although the scaffolds were not designed for such movement by a registered professional engineer:    Location:  834 North Street, Greenwich, CT 06831    The mobile scaffold with a 15 foot high scaffold platform being moved horizontally with workers standing and/or working on the scaffold platform was not designed for such movement.       Consequently on or about August 31 2017, a worker sustained serious bodily injury while standing on the top scaffold platform of the mobile scaffold while a second worker began moving the scaffold, the scaffold wheels struck a wood strip on the ground, causing the scaffold to tip over and the worker falling 15 feet to the ground.

Issued

Dec 21, 2017

Abate by

Jan 26, 2018

Penalty

Initial $7,243 · Current $4,400 Reduced

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.    Location:  834 North Street, Greenwich, CT 06831    Each tubular frame scaffold was not erected under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection.

Issued

Dec 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $9,054 · Current $6,300 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.    Location:  834 North Street, Greenwich, CT 06831      The 20 foot high scaffold platforms on the tubular welded frame scaffold(s) were not equipped with a personal fall arrest system or a guardrail system.

Issued

Dec 21, 2017

Abate by

Jan 26, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,432 · Current $3,000 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.    Location:  834 North Street, Greenwich, CT 06831      Each employees performing work while utilizing tubular frame scaffolds were not trained by a qualified person to recognize scaffolding hazards associated with scaffolds and to understand the procedures to control and/or minimize or eliminate those hazards.

Issued

Dec 21, 2017

Abate by

Jan 26, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee who was 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.  Location:  834 North Street, Greenwich, CT 06831    Each employee erecting and maintaining the tubular welded frame scaffolds were not trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the scaffolding such as but not limited to falls and other hazards associated with tubular welded frame scaffolds.