OSHA Inspection: K. D. CONSTRUCTION OF FLORIDA, INC.

Issued

Jul 9, 2018

Abate by

Aug 2, 2018

Penalty

Initial $12,934 · Current $0 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

Jul 9, 2018

Abate by

Aug 2, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  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 scaffold and scaffold components had not been erected, moved, dismantled and altered by trained and experienced employees, while under the supervision and direction of a Competent Person, and who was a qualified person in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration, and wherein the scaffold system was observed to have several safety deficiencies; therefore exposing the employees to a fall hazard.     NOTE: CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

Jul 9, 2018

Abate by

Aug 2, 2018

Penalty

Initial $12,934 · Current $0 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

Jul 9, 2018

Abate by

Aug 2, 2018

Penalty

Initial $12,934 · Current $0 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

Jul 9, 2018

Abate by

Aug 2, 2018

Penalty

Initial $1,037 · Current $0 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.