OSHA Inspection: GTO CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

2019-08-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-08-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5834.00 · Current $4500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration.      On or about February 12, 2019, the employer allowed employees to move a swing-stage scaffold from which the employees were using to perform exterior painting work activities.  The employees had not been trained, were not experienced, and were not supervised by a competent person in order to move the scaffold.  This exposed employees to fall hazards from a height greater than 10 feet.

Issued

2019-08-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-09-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5834.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.    On or about February 12, 2019, the employer allowed employees engaged in exterior painting work activities to work from a swing-stage scaffold without providing training by a qualified person in the subject to recognize hazards associated with the swing-stage scaffold being used.  This exposed the employees to fall hazards from a height greater than 10 feet.

Issued

2019-08-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-08-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5834.00 · Current $4500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(3)(i): When vertical lifelines are used, they will be fastened to a fixed safe point of anchorage, will be independent of the scaffold, and will be protected from sharp edges and abrasion. Safe points of anchorage include structural members of buildings, but do not include standpipes, vents, other piping systems, electrical conduit, outrigger beams, or counterweights.    On or about February 12, 2019, employees engaged in exterior painting work activities, and working from a swing-stage scaffold, had their vertical lifeline attached to the same anchorage as the scaffold tieback.  The vertical lifeline was not protected from sharp edges and abrasions.  This exposed the employees to fall hazards from a height greater than 10 feet.

Issued

2019-08-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-08-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5834.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(3)(iii): Lanyards connected to horizontal lifelines or structural members on a two-point suspension scaffold were not equipped with additional independent support lines and automatic locking devices capable of stopping the fall of the scaffold in the event one or both of the suspension ropes fail.    On or about February 12, 2019, employees engaged in exterior painting work activities were working from a swing-stage scaffold which did not have one of the independent support and drive cables secured to its tripod rigging.  This exposed the employees to fall hazards from a height greater than 10 feet.