OSHA Inspection: CROSS BUILDING SOLUTIONS INC

Issued

Jun 14, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,217 · Current $1,300 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:    a) Jobsite, 799 West Chestnut Street, Washington, PA:  On or about May 2, 2018 two employees were unloading block while on a scaffold 2 levels high that was missing some of the base plates.

Issued

Jun 14, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were 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 other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access:  a) Jobsite, 799 West Chestnut Street, Washington, PA:  On or about May 2, 2018, 2 employees did not have a ladder to use for access to the scaffold level they were working on, therefore, they used the crossbraces to come down to the ground and or the not fully planked picks/ramps that were missing guardrails.

Issued

Jun 14, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladder(s) were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:  a) Jobsite, 799 West Chestnut Street, Washington, PA:  On or about May 2, 2018, employees used an 8 foot portable Werner ladder that was leaned against the scaffold, to get down to the ground.

Issued

Jun 14, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,326 · Current $2,050 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level:    a) Jobsite, 799 West Chestnut Street, Washington, PA:  On or about May 2, 2108, two employees were unloading a pallet of block on to the scaffold they were working from and the top rails were missing as a complete guardrail/fall protection system on a scaffold that was approximately 14 feet above the ground.

Issued

Jun 14, 2018

Abate by

Jul 3, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(c): The employer had reason to believe that an employee lacked the skill or understanding needed for safe work involving the erection, use or dismantling of scaffolds, and the employer did not retrain such employee so that the requisite proficiency was regained:  a) Jobsite, 799 Chestnut Street, Washington, PA:  On or about May 2, 2018, two employees were working from a scaffold erected by the competent person onsite, that had numerous deficiencies and was missing guardrails from the working level.

Issued

Jun 14, 2018

Abate by

Jul 3, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,217 · Current $1,300 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.602(d): The employer did not certify that each operator had been trained and evaluated as required by paragraph 29 CFR 1910.178(l):Note: The requirements applicable to construction work under paragraph (d) of this section are identical to those set forth at paragraph (l) of 29 CFR 1910.178.    a) Jobsite, 799 West Chestnut Street, Washington, PA:  On or about May 10, 2018, an employee was operating a United Rentals forklift and the employer did not provide certification that he was trained to do so.