OSHA Inspection: POLITOS PAINTING, LLC.

Issued

2018-05-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3326.00 · Current $3326.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a):   Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:   A) Exterior, right side of the house on the scaffold: - Employees were exposed to head injuries while working below masonry activities. The employees were not protected by hard hats or protective helmets, on or about February 1st 2018.

Issued

2018-05-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $3880.00

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.   A) Exterior, On scaffold: Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 9 and 18 feet while working on a fabricated framed scaffold that was not fully planked, on or about February 1st, 2018.

Issued

2018-05-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $3880.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(ii): Unstable objects shall not be used to support scaffolds or platform units.  A) Exterior on the scaffold:  Employees were exposed to fall/scaffold collapse hazards of approximately 9 and 19 feet while working on a fabricated framed scaffold that was not erected on firm foundation, on or about February 1st, 2018.

Issued

2018-05-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $3880.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet 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 other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Cross braces were used as a means of access.   A) Exterior, On the scaffold: Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 9 and 18 feet while working on a fabricated framed scaffold that was not provided with safe acceptable means of access, on or about February 1st, 2018.

Issued

2018-05-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $3880.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.   A) Exterior, On scaffold: Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 18 feet while working on a fabricated framed scaffold that was not protected by a complete guardrail system (including end rails)or any other means of fall protection, on or about February 1st, 2018.