OSHA Inspection: BALDWIN INNOVATIVE BUILDERS, INC.

Issued

Sep 4, 2019

Abate by

Oct 22, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $4,244 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 as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):    On or about 5/7/19, at a jobsite located at 473 N. County Road, West Palm Beach, FL, employees pouring concrete in formwork were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 8ft due to lack of planking on a two-tier scaffold.    PLEASE NOTE:  CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

Sep 4, 2019

Abate by

Oct 22, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $4,244 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:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person:    On or about 5/7/19, at a jobsite located at 473 N. County Road, West Palm Beach, FL, the employer did not ensure scaffolds were erected, moved, or dismantled under the supervision of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection.    PLEASE NOTE:  CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

Sep 4, 2019

Abate by

Oct 22, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 5/7/19, at a jobsite located at 473 N. County Road, West Palm Beach, FL, employees working on a two-tier scaffold with missing planks, base plates, and mudsills were not trained by a person qualified in the recognition of scaffold hazards.     PLEASE NOTE: CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

Sep 4, 2019

Penalty

Initial $7,956 · Current $6,365 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):     On or about 5/7/19, at a jobsite located at 473 N. County Road, West Palm Beach, FL, employees were exposed to a fall hazard of 8.11 feet while standing on a tie-beam holding a concrete pump while their co-workers were pouring concrete on an adjacent tie-beam.