OSHA Inspection: ALPINE BUILDERS & REMODELING CORP.

Issued

2018-11-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $2328.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm in that employees were exposed to falls and struck by hazards:    a)  On or about September 18, 2018, at the above addressed jobsite, the employer did not prohibit employees from riding the bucket attachment of the Lull 1044C-54 Rough Terrain Forklift exposing the employee to fall or struck by hazards from an inadvertent operation and movement.

Issued

2018-11-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $2328.00 Reduced

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):    a.  On or about September 18, 2018, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee was exposed to falls while performing masonry remodeling operations from a tubular welded frame scaffold, approximately twenty-three (23) feet three (3) inches above the ground, that did not have the working level fully planked.

Issued

2018-11-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-11-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2217.00 · Current $1330.00 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, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Cross-braces were used as a means of access.    a.  On or about September 18, 2018, at the above addressed jobsite, employees conducting masonry remodeling operations from a tubular welded frame scaffold, approximately two (2) tiers above the sidewalk canopy, were not provided with an access ladder, thereby exposing the employees to falls.

Issued

2018-11-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(9)(iv): Cross braces on tubular welded frame scaffolds were used as a means of access or egress.  a. On or about September 18, 2018, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee performing masonry operations from a tubular welded frame scaffold, approximately two (2) tiers above the sidewalk canopy, was exposed to injuries from falls due to using the cross braces as a means of egress.

Issued

2018-11-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $2328.00 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. On or about September 18, 2018, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee was exposed to falls while performing masonry remodeling operations from a tubular welded frame scaffold, approximately twenty-three (23) feet three (3) inches above the ground, that did not have guardrails installed.