OSHA Inspection: M. GALATI LLC

Issued

Nov 6, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $272 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):  The employer is failing to protect employees from fall hazards.  The condition was most recently observed at 4535 Lindell Bouldevard, St. Louis, Missouri when then employer failed to ensure that the platform was fully planked on each working level of the scaffold system.  Employees were exposed to an approximate 35 foot fall hazard.

Issued

Nov 6, 2017

Abate by

Nov 17, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $380 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(3): The front edge of all platforms was not 14 inches (36 cm) or less from the face of the work, and no guardrail systems were erected along the front edge and/or no personal fall arrest systems were used in accordance with paragraph (g) of this section to protect employees from falling:  Note:  See exceptions in paragraphs (b)(3)(i) and (ii) of this section.  The employer is failing to protect employees from fall hazards.  The condition was most recently observed at 4535 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri when the employer failed to ensure the front edge of the platform was within 14 inches of the building face.  Employees were not protected by any form of fall protection system as they were working on a platform that was approximately 28 inches away from the building and approximately 35 feet above ground.

Issued

Nov 6, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  The employer is failing to protect employees from fall hazards.  The condition was most recently observed at 4535 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri when the employer failed to ensure employees were protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems when working on a fabricated frame scaffold system approximately 35 feet above the lower level.

Issued

Nov 6, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $380 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1): Supported scaffolds with a height to base width (including outrigger supports, if used) ratio of more than four to one (4:1) were not restrained from tipping by guying, tying, bracing, or equivalent means, as set forth in subparagraphs (i) - (iii) of this paragraph:  The employer is failing to protect employees from unplanned collapse hazards.  The condition was most recently observed at 4535 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri when then employer failed to ensure that the supported scaffold with a height of approximately 35 feet and base width of approximately 5 feet was restrained from tipping.

Issued

Nov 6, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(15): Ladders were used on scaffolds to increase the working level height of employees without satisfying the criteria of subparagraphs (i) - (iv) of this paragraph:  The employer is failing to protect workers from fall hazards.  The condition was most recently observed at 4535 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri when then employer permitted workers to utilize an extension ladder on the working platform to access the down spout without securing the scaffold against the sideways thrust exerted by the ladder.

Issued

Nov 6, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): Frames and panels were not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which secure vertical members together laterally, and automatically square and align the vertical members so that the erected scaffold is always plumb, level, and square:  The employer is failing to protect employees from unplanned collapse hazards.  The condition was most recently observed at 4535 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri when then employer failed to ensure that the supported scaffold with a height of approximately 35 feet was adequately braced by cross braces to align the vertical members and ensure the erected scaffold is plum, level, and square.

Issued

Nov 6, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $272 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(6)(ii): Integral prefabricated scaffold access frames did not have a rung length of at least 8 inches (20 cm):  The employer is failing to protect employees from fall hazards.  The condition was most recently observed at 4535 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri when the employer failed to ensure safe scaffold access.  The fabricated scaffold frame rungs used by employees to access the working platform was not at least 8 inches in length.

Issued

Nov 6, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $380 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:  The employer is failing to protect employees from fall hazards.  The condition was most recently observed at 4535 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri when then employer failed to ensure that the scaffold system was inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift.  The employer permitted workers to utilize a fabricated frame scaffold with the following defects:   a.  The working platform was not fully planked on each working level of the scaffold system exposing employees to an approximate 35 foot fall hazard; b.  The front edge of the platform was greater than 14 inches away from the building face; c.  Personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems were not provided when working on a scaffold system approximately 35 feet above the lower level; d.   The supported scaffold with a height of approximately 35 feet and base width of approximately 5 feet was not restrained from tipping; e.  Workers utilized an extension ladder on the working platform to access the down spout without securing the scaffold against the sideways thrust exerted by the ladder.  f.  The supported scaffold was not adequately braced by cross braces to align the vertical members and ensure the erected scaffold is plum, level, and square; g.  The fabricated scaffold frame rung used by employees to access the working platform was not at least 8 inches in length.

Issued

Nov 6, 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:  The employer is failing to protect employees from fall hazards.  The condition was most recently observed at 4535 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri when then employer failed to ensure that the fabricated frame scaffold system was erected by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person.  The fabricated frame scaffold was observed with the following defects:   a.  The working platform was not fully planked on each working level of the scaffold system exposing employees to an approximate 35 foot fall hazard; b.  The front edge of the platform was greater than 14 inches away from the building face; c.  Personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems were not provided when working on a scaffold system approximately 35 feet above the lower level; d.   The supported scaffold with a height of approximately 35 feet and base width of approximately 5 feet was not restrained from tipping; e.  Workers utilized an extension ladder on the working platform to access the down spout without securing the scaffold against the sideways thrust exerted by the ladder.  f.  The supported scaffold was not adequately braced by cross braces to align the vertical members and ensure the erected scaffold is plum, level, and square; g.  The fabricated scaffold frame rung used by employees to access the working platform was not at least 8 inches in length.

Issued

Nov 6, 2017

Abate by

Dec 26, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  The employer is failing to protect employees from fall and unplanned scaffold collapse hazards.  The condition was most recently observed at 4535 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri when then employer failed to train each employee who performed work from a scaffold to recognize the fall and unplanned collapse hazards associated with working on a fabricated frame scaffold and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.