OSHA Inspection: PLASTERWORKS

Issued

Mar 5, 2020

Abate by

Apr 9, 2020

Penalty

Initial $325 · Current $325

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): Within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, the employer must certify to OSHA (the Agency) that each cited violation has been abated, except as provided in paragraph (c)(2) of this section.   The employer did not provide the Occupational Safety and Health Administration certification of abatement as required for Inspection #1410682, Citation #1, Item #5, issued November 7, 2019.

Issued

Mar 5, 2020

Abate by

Apr 9, 2020

Penalty

Initial $325 · Current $325

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1): The employer must submit to the Agency, along with the information on abatement certification required by paragraph (c)(3) of this section, documents demonstrating that abatement is complete for each willful or repeat violation and for any serious violation for which the Agency indicates in the citation that such abatement documentation is required.   The employer did not provide the Occupational Safety and Health Administration certification and documentation of abatement as required for Inspection #1410682, Citation #1, Items #1, #2, #3, #4a & #4b, issued on Novement 7, 2019.

Issued

Nov 7, 2019

Abate by

Dec 5, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $3,978

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):  Employee exposed to fall hazards.  At the jobsite located at 2512 W. 50th Place Westwood, KS:  An employee engaged in plaster work and siding activities was exposed to an approximate 12 feet 1 inch fall hazard in that the scaffold was not fully planked.

Issued

Nov 7, 2019

Abate by

Dec 5, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $3,978

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  Employee exposed to fall hazards.  At the jobsite located at 2512 W. 50th Place Westwood, KS:  An employee engaged in plaster work and siding activities was exposed to an approximate 12 feet 1 inch fall hazard in that the uprights did not bear on a base plate or other adequate firm foundation.

Issued

Nov 7, 2019

Abate by

Dec 5, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $3,978

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:  Employee exposed to fall hazards.  At the jobsite located at 2512 W. 50th Place Westwood, KS:  An employee engaged in plaster work and siding activities was exposed to an approximate 12 feet 1 inch fall hazard in that the ends of the frame scaffold were used as access and egress.

Issued

Nov 7, 2019

Abate by

Dec 5, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $3,978

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:  Employee exposed to fall hazards.  At the jobsite located at 2512 W. 50th Place Westwood, KS:  An employee engaged in plaster work and siding activities was exposed to an approximate 12 feet 1 inch fall hazard in that fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section was not utilized.

Issued

Nov 7, 2019

Abate by

Dec 5, 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:  Employee exposed to fall hazards.  At the jobsite located at 2512 W. 50th Place Westwood, KS:  An employee engaged in plaster work and siding activities was exposed to an approximate 12 feet 1 inch fall hazard in that the employee who performed work while on a scaffold was inadequately trained to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize the hazards.

Issued

Nov 7, 2019

Abate by

Dec 5, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $2,842

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):  Employee exposed to fall hazards.  At the jobsite located at 2512 W. 50th Place Westwood, KS:  An employee engaged in plaster and siding activities from a 6:12 pitch roof was exposed to fall hazards of approximately 9 feet 9 inches from the eave of the residence to the ground below in that fall protection was not provided.