OSHA Inspection: MECO BUILDERS, INC.

Issued

2019-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3031.00 · Current $1819.00 Reduced

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) West side of the building: On or about 2/27/2019, and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to struck-by hazards, in that the use of personal head protection was not used by employees working directly under scaffold platform which was supported by the Lull model 844C-42.

Issued

2019-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5304.00 · Current $3182.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(iv): Front-end loaders and similar pieces of equipment were used to support scaffold platforms when they were not specifically designed by the manufacturer for such use:  (a) West side of the building: On or about February 27, 2019, and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards of 17 feet, in that employees were installing metal siding while working from a homemade scaffold platform which was supported by a Lull model 844C-42, which was not specifically designed for this type of work.

Issued

2019-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(v): Fork-lifts were used to support scaffold platforms while the entire platform was not attached to the fork and the fork-lift was moved horizontally while the platform was occupied:  (a) West side of the building: On or about February 27, 2019, and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards of 17 feet, in that employees were installing metal siding while working from a homemade scaffold platform which was supported by a Lull model 844C-42, and the platform was not attached to the forks by any type of securing means which would prevent it from being dislodged during operations.

Issued

2019-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5304.00 · Current $3182.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.  a) West side of the building: On or about February 27, 2019, and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to ejection and fall hazards of 17 feet, in that the use of personal fall protection systems was not enforced while the employees were installing metal siding from a homemade scaffold supported by a Lull, Model 844C-42.