OSHA Inspection: JK CUSTOM CARPENTRY INC

Issued

2017-12-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3259.00 · Current $2280.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(iv): Front-end loaders and similar pieces of equipment were used to support scaffold platforms when they were not specifically designed by the manufacturer for such use:    Jobsite: The south end of the Alum-a-Pole fabricated scaffold plank, from which employees were working was supported with a All-Terrain Skyjack Telehandler forklift truck which was not specifically designed by the manufacturer for such use.

Issued

2017-12-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3259.00 · Current $2280.00 Reduced

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:    Jobsite: The employees, working from the Alum-a-Pole fabricated platform/plank of the ladder jack scaffold were not protected from the hazard of falling approximately 11 feet to the ground by the use of appropriate fall protection systems/devices.

Issued

2017-12-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2173.00 · Current $1520.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee 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.    Jobsite: The employees who were involved in erecting, maintaining and inspecting the pump jack scaffold were not trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question.

Issued

2017-12-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2716.00 · Current $1820.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.602(c)(1)(vi): All industrial trucks in use shall meet the applicable requirements of design, construction, stability, inspection, testing, maintenance, and operation as defined in American National Standards Institute B56.1-1969, Safety Standard for Powered Industrial Trucks. "When leaving a powered industrial truck unattended, load engaging means shall be fully lowered, controls shall be neutralized, power shut off, brakes set, key or connector plug removed":    Jobsite: The All-Terrain Skyjack Telehandler forklift was unattended while being used to support the south end of the Alum-a-Pole fabricated scaffold plank from which employees were working.