OSHA Inspection: WFO CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

2019-05-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2273.00 · Current $1364.00 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 the east side exterior wall of the structure, on or about November 21, 2018 and at times prior to, employees accessed a scaffold platform approximately 9.5 - 10 feet above the ground level point of access by climbing the crossbraces and/or scaffolding supports exposing them to a fall hazard.

Issued

2019-05-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2273.00 · Current $1364.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1): Each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects.  For falling objects too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected, the employer did not place and secure such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall:  (a)  On the east exterior side of the structure, on or about November 21, 2018 and at times prior to, employees utilized a scaffolding system without additional protections such as, but not limited to, toe boards on the work platform at a height of 9.5 - 10 feet exposing employees to struck-by hazards.

Issued

2019-05-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3031.00 · Current $1819.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system.  Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width, each employee was not protected by use of a monitoring system.  (a)  On the rooftop of the structure, on or about November 21, 2018, employees blending roofing materials  from the parapet wall into the roof were exposed to an approximate fall of 17 feet (pitch less than 1:12) and the employer did enforce the use of fall protection.

Issued

2019-05-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $425.00 · Current $255.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(ii): The employer did not ensure that each operator had successfully completed the training required by paragraph (l), except as permitted by paragraph (l)(5), prior to permitting an employee to operate a power industrial truck: (Construction Reference: 1926.602(d))  a) Throughout Jobsite - On or about November 21, 2018 and times prior to, the employer did not ensure that all employees who operated powered industrial trucks (lulls) had successfully completed the training required by this paragraph (l) before allowing the employee(s) to operate a lull, thus exposing employees to struck-by hazards.