OSHA Inspection: 4M CONSTRUCTION INC.

Issued

Jun 22, 2018

Abate by

Jun 28, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $3,880

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii)    Location: a) Supported scaffold on the southeast side of the job site:    On or about 04/09/18, employees were working on a 5-tier-high supported scaffold. The scaffold platform was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports.

Issued

Jun 22, 2018

Abate by

Jun 28, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Scaffold platforms and walkways were not at least 18 inches wide.    Location:  a) Supported scaffold on the southeast side of the job site:    On or about 04/09/18, employees were working on a 5-tier-high supported scaffold. The scaffold platform was not at least 18 inches wide.

Issued

Jun 22, 2018

Abate by

Jun 28, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,772 · Current $2,772

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(iv): Midrails were not installed at a height approximately midway between the top edge of the guardrail system and the platform surface.    Location:  a) Supported scaffold on the southeast side of the job site:                     On or about 04/09/18, employees were working on a 5-tier-high supported scaffold.  On the working platform, midrails were not installed at a height approximately midway between the top edge of the guardrail system and the platform surface.

Issued

Jun 22, 2018

Abate by

Jul 5, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,772 · Current $2,772

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed 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.    Location: a) Supported scaffold on the southeast side of the job site                                                                                                                                  On or about 04/09/18, employer did not have employees who performed 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.

Issued

Jun 22, 2018

Abate by

Jun 28, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $3,880

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1051(a): Stairway(s) or ladder(s) were not provided at all personnel points of access where there was a break in elevation of 19 inches (48 cm) or more, or no ramp, runway, sloped embankment, or personnel hoist was provided.    Location: a) On the first floor of the jobsite:    On or about 04/09/18, employees used the top step of an 6 feet A-frame ladder to climb to the top of the sidewalk shed. The top of the sidewalk shed was approximately 3 feet above the top of the ladder.     b) On the first floor of the jobsite:    On or about 04/09/18, employees access the top of the sidewalk shed from an extension ladder. The extension ladder entrance is approximately 3 feet above the top of the sidewalk shed.

Issued

Jun 22, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13): The top or top step of a stepladder was used as a step.    Location:  a) On the first floor of the jobsite:    On or about 04/09/18, employees used the top step of an 6 feet A-frame ladder to climb to the top of the sidewalk shed. The top of the sidewalk shed was approximately 3 feet above the top of the ladder.

Issued

Jun 22, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,772 · Current $2,772

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where a portable ladder was used for access to an upper level landing surface and the ladder length did not allow the ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed; the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and/or a grasping device was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder.     Location: a) On the first floor of the jobsite:    On or about 04/09/18, employees access the top of the sidewalk shed from an extension ladder. The extension ladder is not extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface being accessed or not secured at its top to a rigid support or was not provided a grasping device.

Issued

Jun 22, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(7): Ladder(s) that were unsecured or not provided with slip-resistant feet were used on slippery surfaces.    Location: a) On the first floor of the jobsite:    On or about 04/09/18, employees access the top of the sidewalk shed from an extension ladder. The ladder was unsecured or not provided with slip-resistant feet.

Issued

Jun 22, 2018

Abate by

Jul 5, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,772 · Current $2,772

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize hazards related to ladders and stairways.    Location: a) On the first floor of the jobsite:    On or about 04/09/18, employer did not provide training to each employee who used ladders for access to the sidewalk shed that were exposed to a fall hazard to enable each employee to recognize the hazards related to ladders and the procedure to be followed in order to minimize these hazards.