OSHA Inspection: K & J LIFT INC.

Issued

2019-07-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-07-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $1506.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain a safety program which provides for frequent and regular inspections of jobsites, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent person (i.e., a person who is capable of identifying existing hazards.)    a) Scaffold platforms in the elevator shaft on the 1st and 2nd floor:    The employer did not initiate and maintain a safety program which provides for frequent and regular inspections of jobsites, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent person. Employees were exposed to hazards, including but not limited to: falling through the gaps between scaffold platforms and elevator shaft walls for more than 10 feet to the basement, and working on an unsecured folded A-frame stepladder leaning against the elevator shaft wall on the scaffold platform. On or about 03/26/19.

Issued

2019-07-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-07-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $1506.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(15): Ladders were used on scaffolds to increase the working level height of employees without satisfying the criteria of subparagraphs (i) - (iv) of this paragraph.    a) Scaffold platform in the elevator shaft on the 1st floor:    An employee was working on a folded A-frame stepladder leaning against the elevator shaft wall on the scaffold platform for increased the working level height. The ladder was not secured and did not satisfy the safety criteria of this paragraph. On or about 03/26/19.

Issued

2019-07-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-07-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $2640.00 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:    a) Scaffold platforms in the elevator shaft on the 1st and 2nd floor:    Employees were working on the scaffold platforms in the elevator shaft, and were exposed to falling through the gaps between the platforms and the shaft walls for more than 10 feet to the basement. On or about 03/26/19.

Issued

2019-07-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-07-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $2842.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer shall have each employee who performs 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.  a) Scaffold platforms in the elevator shaft on the 1st and 2nd floor:  The employer did not provide scaffold training to employees who were working on the scaffold platforms in the elevator shaft. Employees could not recognize hazards associated with scaffolds, and were exposed to hazards, including but not limited to: falling through the gaps between the platforms and the shaft walls for more than 10 feet to the basement, and working on an unsecured folded A-frame stepladder leaning against the elevator shaft wall on the scaffold platform. On or about 03/26/19.

Issued

2019-07-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-07-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize hazards related to ladders and stairways.   a) Scaffold platform in the elevator shaft on the 1st floor:   The employer did not provide training to employees who were exposed to hazards related to ladders and stairways, including but not limited to: working on an unsecured folded A-frame stepladder leaning against the elevator shaft wall on the scaffold platform. On or about 03/26/19.

Issued

2019-07-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-07-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $1506.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladders were used for purposes other than the purposes for which they were designed.    a) Scaffold platform in the elevator shaft on the 1st floor:    An employee was working on a folded A-frame stepladder leaning against the elevator shaft wall on the scaffold platform. The stepladder was used for purposes other than the purposes for which they were designed. On or about 03/26/19.