OSHA Inspection: SOUTHERN CERTIFIED CONTRACTING, LLC

Issued

2018-07-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-08-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5174.00 · Current $3104.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(ii): Each employee on a single-point or two-point adjustable suspension scaffold was not protected by both a personal fall arrest system and a guardrail system:    On or about January 12, 2018, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were observed operating a suspension scaffold, for the purpose of applying stucco, paint and water proofing to all four exterior walls of a new high-rise apartment building, during which the employees were not protected by both a personal fall arrest system and a guardrail system; therefore exposing the employees to a fall hazard.      NOTE: CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

2018-07-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-08-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5174.00 · Current $3104.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee who was 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:    On or about January 12, 2018, at 120 NE 4th Street, The Whitney, (one20fourth), FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, 33301, employees were operating, assembling, dissembling and moving two-point suspended scaffolds without training by a Competent Person, so as to enable the employees to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question therefore exposing the employees to a fall hazard.    NOTE: CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

2018-07-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-08-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5174.00 · Current $3104.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(16)(iii): Personal fall arrest systems, when stopping a fall, were not rigged such that an employee could not free fall more than 6 feet (1.8 m) nor contact any lower level:    On or about January 12, 2018, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were observed operating a suspension scaffold, for the purpose of applying stucco, paint and water proofing to all four exterior walls of a new high-rise apartment building, while wearing a PFAS, wherein the system was rigged such that during a fall, the employees may free fall more than 6 feet and/or the system was rigged such that the employee would have contacted the lower level; therefore exposing the employees to fall hazards.        NOTE: CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

2018-07-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-08-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $415.00 · Current $249.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(20): The employer did not provide for prompt rescue of employees in the event of a fall or did not assure that employees were able to rescue themselves:    On or about January 12, 2018, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were observed operating a suspension scaffold, for the purpose of applying stucco, paint and water proofing to all four exterior walls of a new high-rise apartment building, while wearing a PFAS, during which the employer did not provide for prompt rescue of employees in the event of a suspended-fall, nor did the employer assure that employees were able to rescue themselves in the event of a suspended-fall; therefore exposing the employees to fall hazards and post-fall injuries resulting from a fall.        NOTE: CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.