OSHA Inspection: INTERSTATE MECHANICAL SERVICES INC.

Issued

May 1, 2018

Penalty

Initial $6,467 · Current $4,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(b)(2): The employer did not report within 24-hours a work-related incident resulting in in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or the loss of an eye.    a) Jobsite:    The employer did not report within 24-hours a work-related incident which an employee fell from a scaffold and was hospitalized for injuries. The incident occurred on 11/13/17, and OSHA was notified about the incident on 11/21/17. On or about 11/13/17.

Issued

May 1, 2018

Penalty

Initial $9,054 · Current $6,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:    a) The boiler house on ground floor:    Employees were working on scaffold platforms erected across elevated walkways to install economizers for boilers, and were not protected from falling to lower levels by the use of fall protection systems. An employee fell approximately 15 feet from the scaffold to ground in an incident. On or about 11/13/17.

Issued

May 1, 2018

Abate by

May 11, 2018

Penalty

Initial $9,054 · Current $6,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(c): The employer had reason to believe that an employee lacked the skill or understanding needed for safe work involving the erection, use or dismantling of scaffolds, and the employer did not retrain such employee so that the requisite proficiency was regained:       a) The boiler house on ground floor:       Employees were working on scaffold platforms erected across elevated walkways to install economizers for boilers, and were not protected from falling to lower levels by the use of fall protection systems. The employer's supervisors observed employees' exposure to fall hazards multiple times, and did not retrain employees on the use of fall protection systems when working on scaffolds, so that the requisite proficiency on work safety was regained. On or about 11/13/17.