OSHA Inspection: HAMILTON BUILDERS, LLC

Issued

Oct 18, 2019

Abate by

Oct 28, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,410 · Current $2,046 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 July 24, 2019, at the jobsite, employees of a subcontractor were working from a 4-tier scaffold, that was approximately twenty-seven (27) feet high with the height to width ratio of more than four to one (4:1), that was not restrained from tipping by guying, tying or bracing.  Employees were exposed to fall, struck-by, and caught-in hazards from a scaffold collapse.

Issued

Oct 18, 2019

Abate by

Oct 28, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(i): Footings were not level, sound, rigid, and capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement:    On or about July 24, 2019, at the job site, employees of a subcontractor were observed working from 4-tier scaffold and the legs were not level, sound, and rigid.  The employees were exposed to fall hazards.

Issued

Oct 18, 2019

Abate by

Oct 28, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,410 · Current $2,046 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:   On or about July 24, 2019, at the job site, employees of a subcontractor did not have a safe means to access and exit the scaffold.  The employees were observed scaling on the scaffolding frames and were exposed fall hazards.

Issued

Oct 18, 2019

Abate by

Oct 28, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level:   On or about July 24, 2019, at the jobsite, employees of a subcontractor were observed working on the fourth level of a 4-tier scaffold approximately 27 feet high.  The scaffold did not have guardrail system installed and the employees were not wearing personal fall arrest systems.  The employees were exposed to fall hazards.

Issued

Oct 18, 2019

Abate by

Oct 28, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(i): The end of a platform 10 feet or less in length extended over its support more than 12 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees and/or materials without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end:   On or about July 24, 2019, at the jobsite, employees of a subcontractor were observed working on the fourth level of a 4-tier scaffold approximately 27 feet high.  The end of platform extend over its support more than 12 inches and did not have guardrails installed to prevent employees from accessing the cantilevered ends.  The employees were exposed to fall hazards.

Issued

Oct 18, 2019

Abate by

Oct 28, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,046 · Current $1,228 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(ii): A toeboard was not erected along the edge of platforms more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower levels for a distance sufficient to protect employees below:   On or about  July 24, 2019, at the jobsite, employees of a subcontractor were observed working from a scaffold that did not have toe boards installed along all edges of the platforms to prevent debris and/or materials from falling off of the scaffold onto employees on the ground.  The employees were exposed to struck-by hazards.