OSHA Inspection: VVM BUILDERS LLC

Issued

Mar 1, 2018

Abate by

Mar 13, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,772 · Current $1,740 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:    JOBSITE:   The vertical support poles of the pump jack scaffold were not set on mud sills or other adequate firm foundation.

Issued

Mar 1, 2018

Abate by

Mar 13, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2): Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary.  JOBSITE:   The pump jack scaffold that the employees were working from was not braced or secured at the bottom of the scaffold poles.

Issued

Mar 1, 2018

Abate by

Mar 27, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,772 · Current $1,740 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.    JOBSITE:    The pump jack scaffold that the employees were working from at 12 feet 11 inches above the ground was not erected under the supervision of a person competent in scaffold erection.

Issued

Mar 1, 2018

Abate by

Mar 13, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $2,470 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.    JOBSITE:   The employees installing siding were exposed to the hazard of falling 12 ft. 11 inches to the ground while working on the platform of a pump jack scaffold without the use of guardrails or personal fall arrest systems.

Issued

Mar 1, 2018

Abate by

Mar 27, 2018

Penalty

Initial $1,663 · Current $1,050 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performs 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:    JOBSITE:  The employees who worked from pump jack scaffold without fall protection at a height of 12 ft. 11 inches above the ground were not trained to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.

Issued

Mar 1, 2018

Abate by

Mar 27, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 performing work on a pump jack scaffold were not provided with training by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with erecting, operating, maintaining, and inspection of the scaffold.