OSHA Inspection: LEV CONSTRUCTION GROUP, LLC.

Issued

Feb 20, 2018

Abate by

Apr 6, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $2,522 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): For all scaffolds not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, each employee shall be protected by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section:    a) Jobsite: The employer did not ensure that employees were protected from falls while working on a scaffold at heights greater than 10 feet without the use of a fall protection system.     Condition was observed on or about 8 DEC 2017.

Issued

Feb 20, 2018

Abate by

Apr 6, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer shall 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.    1) Jobsite: Employer did not provide training that allowed employees to recognize, evaluate and mitigate hazards associated with scaffolds.   Condition was observed on or about 8 DEC 2017.

Issued

Feb 20, 2018

Abate by

Feb 26, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds shall be erected, moved, dismantled, or altered only under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration. Such activities shall be performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person:  a) Jobsite: The employer instructed untrained employees to assemble a scaffold without a competent person on site.  Condition was noted on or about 8 DEC 2017.

Issued

Feb 20, 2018

Abate by

Mar 2, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer shall instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:  a) Jobsite: The employer did not provide training that allowed employees to recognize, evaluate and mitigate hazards associated with scaffolds such as but not limited to erecting/dismantling, falls and electricity.  Condition was observed on or about 8 DEC 2017.

Issued

Feb 20, 2018

Abate by

Mar 2, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $2,522 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds shall be fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as follows:    a) Jobsite: Employees were working on various levels of a scaffold that were not fully planked; thus exposing the employees to trip and fall hazards.     Condition was observed on or about 8 DEC 2017.

Issued

Feb 20, 2018

Abate by

Mar 2, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $2,522 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) shall be restrained from tipping by guying, tying, bracing, or equivalent means, as follows:    a) Jobsite: Employees were working from and around a tubular welded frame scaffold, approximately 5 feet wide 40 feet in height and 7 feet in length, without the use of guys, ties or braces; thus exposing employees to scaffold collapse hazards.    Condition was observed on or about 8 DEC 2017.

Issued

Feb 20, 2018

Abate by

Mar 2, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights shall bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation.  a) Jobsite: The Employer did not ensure that the scaffold legs had screw jacks and base plates  installed; thus exposing employees to scaffold collapse hazards.  Condition was observed on or about 8 DEC 2017.

Issued

Feb 20, 2018

Abate by

Mar 2, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $2,522 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms are more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface shall be used. Crossbraces shall not be used as a means of access:    a) Jobsite: The employer did not have a safe means to access the scaffold for his employees. Employees had to access the scaffold by climbing on the outside of the scaffold; thus exposing them to fall hazards.     Condition was observed on or about 8 DEC 2017.

Issued

Feb 20, 2018

Abate by

Mar 2, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,326 · Current $2,162 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1): Each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects.  For falling objects too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected, the employer did not place and secure such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall:    a) Jobsite: Employees were working on various levels of a scaffold that did not have toeboards installed; thus exposing the employees to struck-by hazards.     Condition was observed on or about 8 DEC 2017.