OSHA Inspection: SEALTITE APPLICATORS INC

Issued

Oct 5, 2018

Abate by

Oct 25, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,691 · Current $3,699 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Platform(s) on all working levels of scaffolds, were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and guardrail supports such that the space between adjacent units, and the space between the platform and the uprights is no more than 1 inch:    a) McDonald's Store # 21140/ Newark, DE - On or about May 15, 2018, the employer failed to provide fully planked platforms at all working levels where employees were installing siding.

Issued

Oct 5, 2018

Abate by

Oct 25, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(7): On scaffolds where platforms are overlapped to create a long platform, the overlap did not occur only over supports:    a) McDonald's # 21140 -  On or about May 15, 2018, the employer failed to ensure the overlapping platforms, which the employees are working from while installing trim around the facade, was greater than two (2) feet above or below the point of access.

Issued

Oct 5, 2018

Abate by

Oct 25, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,252 · Current $2,114 Reduced

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, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.    a) McDonald's # 21140/Newark, DE. - On or about May 15, 2018, the employer failed to ensure a ladder was used for access when the platform (s) are more that two (2) foot above a point of access.  Employees were using the side frame of the scaffold to access and/or egress all the working levels.

Issued

Oct 5, 2018

Abate by

Oct 25, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,691 · Current $3,699 Reduced

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.      a) McDonalds Store # 21140/Newark,DE - On or about May 15, 2018, the employer failed to ensure that a scaffold was erected under the supervision of a competent person. Employees were working from a tubular welded scaffold without fully planked boards, means of access, and the boards were not supported by cross braces.

Issued

Oct 5, 2018

Abate by

Oct 25, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performs work while on a scaffold(s) trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize those hazards associated with the type of scaffold(s) being used and to understand     a) McDonald's Store # 21140, Newark, DE - On or about May 15, 2018, the employer failed to protect employees by ensuring those working from scaffolding approximately fifteen (15) feet above grade were trained.

Issued

Oct 5, 2018

Abate by

Oct 25, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,691 · Current $3,699 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:    a) McDonald's #21140/Newark, DE.- On or about May 15, 2018,the employer failed to ensure that each employee was protected from a falls of approximately fifteen (15) feet while installing siding.

Issued

Oct 5, 2018

Abate by

Oct 25, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,691 · Current $3,699 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system.    a) McDonalds Store # 21140 -On or about May 15, 2018, the employer did not provide employees who were installing siding from the roof's ledge [e.g.unprotected edges] fall protection in the form of guardrails, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.

Issued

Oct 5, 2018

Abate by

Oct 25, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:   a) McDonalds Store # 21140 -On or about May 15, 2018, the employer did not provide information and training to employees in the recognition, evaluation, and control of hazards associated with working at elevations of approximately 15 feet above grade.  Employees were working from the roof's ledge [e.g.unprotected edges] without the use of fall protection.