OSHA Inspection: MAC'S THE MAN CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Feb 5, 2019

Penalty

Initial $1,705 · Current $1,705

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:  a) 1150 S. Main St. Scranton, PA: An employee working on the ground level below another employee on a scaffold who was using hand tools to install siding was not protected from possible head injury by use of a protective helmet, on or about October 16, 2018.  CERTIFICATION NOT REQUIRED ABATED DURING INSPECTION

Issued

Feb 5, 2019

Abate by

Mar 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee used appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation:  a) 1150 S Main St, Scranton, PA: An employee using a Porter Cable pneumatic nail gun was not provided with eye protection, which exposed the worker to possible eye injury from nails and flying debris, on or about October 16, 2018.  b) 1150 S Main St, Scranton, PA: An employee using a DeWalt circular saw was not provided with eye protection, which exposed the worker to flying wood chips, on or about October 16, 2018.  ABATEMENT CERTIRFCATION REQUIRED

Issued

Feb 5, 2019

Abate by

Mar 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $2,273

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) 1150 S Main St, Scranton, PA: The working level on a frame scaffold that was used by an employee who was installing insulating foam board on the exterior of a structure was not fully decked exposing the worker to a fall, on or about October 16, 2018.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Feb 5, 2019

Abate by

Mar 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(4): Each end of a platform, not cleated or otherwise restrained by hooks or equivalent means, did not extend over the centerline of its support at least 6 inches (15 cm):  a) 1150 S Main St, Scranton, PA: The wood planks used to construct a platform on a frame scaffold did not extend at least 6 inches beyond the center of the supports and were not otherwise cleated or restrained from sliding, on or about October 16, 2018.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Feb 5, 2019

Abate by

Mar 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) 1150 S Main St, Scranton, PA: An employee performed work from a scaffold that was not properly supported with baseplates which could result in a collapse, on or about October 16, 2018.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Feb 5, 2019

Abate by

Mar 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $2,273

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(ii): Unstable objects were used to support scaffolds or platform units:  a) 1150 S Main St, Scranton, PA: An employee performed work from a frame scaffold that was being supported by unstable concrete blocks, on or about October 16, 2018.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Feb 5, 2019

Abate by

Mar 25, 2019

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:  a) 1150 S Main St, Scranton, PA: Adequate access was not provided for an employee who climbed up the side of a walkthrough frame scaffold, on or about October 16, 2018.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Feb 5, 2019

Abate by

Mar 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $2,842

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(6): Scaffolds were erected, used, dismantled, altered, or moved such that they, or any conductive material handled on them, could have come closer than the minimum distances established for specific voltages as set forth in the table in subparagraph (f)(6)  a) 1150 S Main St, Scranton, PA: Employees worked from a scaffold that was erected less than 3 feet from a 120 volt AC electrical power line connected to the building, on or about October 16, 2018.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Feb 5, 2019

Abate by

Feb 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,410 · Current $3,410

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.  a) 1150 S. Main St, Scranton, PA:  An employee was not protected from falling while installing insulting foam board to the exterior of structure from a fabricated frame scaffold platform approximately 13 feet above the ground level, exposing the employee to a fall hazard, observed on or about October 16, 2018.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED