OSHA Inspection: V&A CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

Dec 6, 2018

Abate by

Jan 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,174 · Current $5,174

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): It shall be the responsibility of the employer to initiate and maintain such programs as may be necessary to comply with this part.  a. On or about September 18, 2018, at a site located at 773 Hebron Road in Heath, Ohio, employees were performing bricklaying operations on an existing 4-story commercial building from a double mast hydro-mobile scaffold.  The employer never initiated or maintained safety and health programs to protect employees from the hazards associated with performing masonry work or those associated with using scaffolds to access elevated work areas.

Issued

Dec 6, 2018

Abate by

Dec 18, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,174 · Current $5,174

General-duty citation text

Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds shall be fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as follows:  29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(i): Each platform unit (e.g., scaffold plank, fabricated plank, fabricated deck, or fabricated platform) shall be installed so that the space between adjacent units and the space between the platform and the uprights is no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, except where the employer can demonstrate that a wider space is necessary (for example, to fit around uprights when side brackets are used to extend the width of the platform).  a. On or about September 18, 2018, at a site located at 773 Hebron Road in Heath, Ohio, employees were performing bricklaying operations on an existing 4-story commercial building from a double mast hydro-mobile scaffold. The scaffold's platform was not fully planked on the inner (working) side of the scaffold, creating gaps up to approximately 12 inches wide.

Issued

Dec 6, 2018

Abate by

Dec 18, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(i): The area below the scaffold to which objects can fall shall be barricaded, and employees shall not be permitted to enter the hazard area  a. On or about September 18, 2018, at a site located at 773 Hebron Road in Heath, Ohio, employees were performing bricklaying operations on an existing 4-story commercial building from a double mast hydro-mobile scaffold. Another employee was on ground level, below the scaffold, performing clean up and staging operations.  The area below the scaffold was not barricaded therefore the employee was exposed to struck-by hazards from falling objects that included, but were not limited to, wooden 2x4s and bricks.

Issued

Dec 6, 2018

Abate by

Dec 18, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,174 · Current $5,174

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms are 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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface shall be used. Crossbraces shall not be used as a means of access.   a. On or about September 18, 2018, at a site located at 773 Hebron Road in Heath, Ohio, employees were performing bricklaying operations on an existing 4-story commercial building from a double mast hydro-mobile scaffold.  Employees climbed up and down the scaffold's support masts to access the scaffold's work platform as there was no other means of access when the scaffold was approximately 30 feet above ground level.

Issued

Dec 6, 2018

Abate by

Dec 18, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,174 · Current $5,174

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(iv): Each employee on a self-contained adjustable scaffold shall be protected by a guardrail system (with minimum 200 pound toprail capacity) when the platform is supported by the frame structure, and by both a personal fall arrest system and a guardrail system (with minimum 200 pound toprail capacity) when the platform is supported by ropes;  a. On or about September 18, 2018, at a site located at 773 Hebron Road in Heath, Ohio, employees were performing bricklaying operations on an existing 4-story commercial building from a double mast hydro-mobile scaffold. The scaffold did not have a standard guardrail system that confirmed with OSHA standards. The 2x4 toprail on the front of the scaffold fell off from the vibration of it being lowered while it was being moved.  The 2x4 toprails and midrails on the sides of the scaffold were hung with thin wire. Toe boards were not present on the front or sides of the scaffold.

Issued

Dec 6, 2018

Abate by

Jan 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,174 · Current $5,174

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer shall have each employee who performs 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. The training shall include the following areas, as applicable: (1) The nature of any electrical hazards, fall hazards and falling object hazards in the work area;  (2) The correct procedures for dealing with electrical hazards and for erecting, maintaining, and disassembling the fall protection systems and falling object protection systems being used;  (3) The proper use of the scaffold, and the proper handling of materials on the scaffold;  (4) The maximum intended load and the load-carrying capacities of the scaffolds used; and  (5) Any other pertinent requirements of this subpart.  a. On or about September 18, 2018, at a site located at 773 Hebron Road in Heath, Ohio, employees were performing bricklaying operations on an existing 4-story commercial building from a double mast hydro-mobile scaffold. The employer never instructed the employees in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions with the regulations applicable to protect employees from the hazards associated with using scaffolds to access elevated work areas.

Issued

Dec 6, 2018

Abate by

Jan 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer shall have each employee who is 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. The training shall include the following topics, as applicable: (1)  The nature of scaffold hazards; (2)  The correct procedures for erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, inspecting, and maintaining the type of scaffold in question; (3)  The design criteria, maximum intended load-carrying capacity and intended use of the scaffold; (4)  Any other pertinent requirements of this subpart.  a. On or about September 18, 2018, at a site located at 773 Hebron Road in Heath, Ohio, employees were performing bricklaying operations on an existing 4-story commercial building from a double mast hydro-mobile scaffold. The employer never instructed the employees, who had erected, moved, and operated the scaffold, to recognize and avoid unsafe conditions applicable to scaffolds.