OSHA Inspection: STRUCTURAL FRAMING, INC.

Issued

2019-02-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $1300.00 Reduced

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 such that the space between adjacent units, and the space between the platform and the uprights is no    At the commercial jobsite, employees performing framing activities from a make-shift wood scaffold was working from a single plank board; scaffold was not fully planked, employees were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 14 feet to the ground below.

Issued

2019-02-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1705.00 · Current $900.00 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.      At a commercial construction jobsite, employees performing framing activities were gaining access to a make-shift wood scaffold from a ladder that was not positioned 3 feet above the landing for safe access and/or egress, exposing employees to fall hazards of approximately 14 feet to the ground below.

Issued

2019-02-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $1300.00 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:      At a commercial construction jobsite, on the north side of the building employees performing framing activities from a make shift wood scaffold were not provided with fall protection, exposing employees to fall hazards of approximately 14 feet to the ground below.