OSHA Inspection: ALL FLORIDA GROUP PARTNERS, INC

Issued

Nov 7, 2019

Abate by

Dec 15, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $2,585 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Platform(s) on all working levels of scaffolds, were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and guardrail supports such that the space between adjacent units, and the space between the platform and the uprights is no more than 1 inch wide:    On or about June 17, 2019, at 4090 Laguna Street, Coral Gables, Florida, 33146, employees were applying stucco from a 3-tier supported scaffold, wherein all working levels of the scaffold were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and guardrail supports; therefore exposing the employees to a fall hazard.    NOTE: CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

Nov 7, 2019

Abate by

Dec 15, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $2,585 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(3): The front edge of all platforms was not 14 inches (36 cm) or less from the face of the work, and no guardrail systems were erected along the front edge and/or no personal fall arrest systems were used in accordance with paragraph (g) of this section to protect employees from falling:    On or about June 17, 2019, at 4090 Laguna Street, Coral Gables, Florida, 33146, employees were applying plaster/stucco from a supported scaffold, wherein the platform(s) was more than 18 inches from the face of the work; therefore exposing the employees to a fall hazard.    NOTE: CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

Nov 7, 2019

Abate by

Dec 15, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $2,585 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1): Supported scaffolds with a height to base width (including outrigger supports, if used) ratio of more than four to one (4:1) were not restrained from tipping by guying, tying, bracing, or equivalent means, as set forth in subparagraphs (i) - (iii) of this paragraph:    On or about June 17, 2019, at 4090 Laguna Street, Coral Gables, Florida, 33146, employees were working on/from a supported scaffold, which consisted of a height to base width (including outrigger supports, if used) ratio of more than four to one (4:1), and was not restrained from tipping by guying, tying, bracing, or equivalent means; therefore exposing the employees to a fall hazard.    NOTE: CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

Nov 7, 2019

Abate by

Dec 15, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $2,585 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 June 17, 2019, at 4090 Laguna Street, Coral Gables, Florida, 33146, employees were working from a 3-tier supported scaffold, which was not equipped with an access ladder, and were instead accessing the working levels of the scaffold by climbing up/down the vertical uprights and/or cross-braces; therefore exposing the employees to a fall hazard.    NOTE: CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

Nov 7, 2019

Abate by

Dec 15, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $2,585 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 June 17, 2019, at 4090 Laguna Street, Coral Gables, Florida, 33146, employees were applying stucco from a 3-tier supported scaffold, wherein the scaffold and scaffold components had not been erected, moved, dismantled and altered by trained and experienced employees, nor while under the supervision and direction of a Competent person nor while under the supervision and direction of a Qualified person in scaffold erection, movement, dismantlement or alteration, and wherein the scaffold system was observed to have several visible predictable hazards; therefore exposing the employees to a fall hazard.     NOTE: CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

Nov 7, 2019

Abate by

Dec 15, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $2,585 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:    On or about June 17, 2019, at 4090 Laguna Street, Coral Gables, Florida, 33146, employees were applying stucco from a 3-tier supported scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level, and were not protected from falling to that lower level by the use of a personal fall arrest system or a guardrail system; therefore exposing the employees to a fall hazard.    NOTE: CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.