OSHA Inspection: SURE DRY FIRE & WATER RESTORATION

Issued

2019-01-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1885.00 · Current $1000.00 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:    a) On or about 11/14/18, on a jobsite at a house located at 366 Richmond Avenue, Buffalo, NY: A Ladder Jack Scaffold was erected on the left side of the house. The scaffold had two support ladders, and the brackets that supported the aluminum pik were on the outside (the side away from the house) of the ladder. An employee had to climb over the brackets on the support ladder to access & exit the pik. A separate access ladder to the pik was not provided.      NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

2019-01-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2217.00 · Current $1550.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold was not protected by a personal fall arrest system:      a)  On or about 11/14/18, on a jobsite at a house located at 366 Richmond Avenue, Buffalo, NY:  An employee was exposed to a potential fall of approx. 15 ft. from the pik of a Ladder Jack Scaffold erected on the left side of the house while doing tear-off work on the mansard type roof.  No Fall protection system was being utilized.      NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

2019-01-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) On or about 11/14/18, on a jobsite at a house located at 366 Richmond Avenue, Buffalo, NY:  An employee working on the ground doing clean-up work in the vicinity of employees working above on a Ladder Jack Scaffold was exposed to the potential hazard of being struck by materials that could fall off the scaffold.  The employee was not wearing a hardhat.       NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED