OSHA Inspection: GC REMODELING LLC.

Issued

Nov 29, 2018

Penalty

Initial $1,663 · Current $1,663

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:    a) Exterior of Building - Front Scaffold: Employee without any head protection engaged in masonry activities on the ground below other employees on the scaffold above him was exposed to head injury, on or about 8/28/18.

Issued

Nov 29, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,217 · Current $2,217

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:   a) Exterior of Building - Front Scaffold: Employees engaged in masonry activities from a welded frame scaffold platform with only 2 planks were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 6 feet, on or about 8/28/18.

Issued

Nov 29, 2018

Penalty

Initial $1,663 · Current $1,663

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) Exterior of Building -  Front Scaffold: Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately  6 feet while engaged in masonry activities from a welded frame scaffold that was resting on the wooden plank without a metal base plate, on or about 8/28/18.

Issued

Nov 29, 2018

Penalty

Initial $1,663 · Current $1,663

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) Exterior of Building - Scaffold on Sidewalk: Employees were exposed to a fall hazards of approximately 6 feet while engaged in masonry activities from a welded frame scaffold that did not have a proper means of access, on or about 8/28/18