OSHA Inspection: TOWER BUILDERS INC.

Issued

2019-07-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-07-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3410.00 · Current $2046.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports:    On or about 04/10/2019, at 2700 West Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, Florida, employees were working from a fabricated frame scaffold that was not fully planked exposing them to a fall hazard.

Issued

2019-07-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-07-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3410.00 · Current $2046.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(10): Scaffold components manufactured by different manufacturers were modified in order to intermix them and a competent person did not determine that the resulting scaffold was structurally sound:     On or about 04/10/2019, at 2700 West Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, Florida, employees were working from scaffolding that was assembled using different components exposing employees to fall hazards.

Issued

2019-07-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-07-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3410.00 · Current $2046.00 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.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access:    On or about 04/10/2019, at 2700 West Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, Florida, employees were climbing on the cross bracing of a fabricated frame scaffold exposing them to a fall hazard.

Issued

2019-07-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-07-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3410.00 · Current $2046.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(9)(iv): Cross braces on tubular welded frame scaffolds were used as a means of access or egress.    On or about 04/10/2019, at 2700 West Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, Florida, employees climbing cross braces on a scaffold were exposed to fall hazards.

Issued

2019-07-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-07-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2273.00 · Current $1364.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladder(s) were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:    On or about 04/10/2019, at 2700 West Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, Florida, employees were using one section of an extension ladder and a stepladder to access a roof exposing them to a fall hazard.