OSHA Inspection: SURIK COMPANY

Issued

2019-08-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-08-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1)(ii): Guys, ties, and/or braces were not installed  according to the scaffold manufacturer's recommendations or at the closest horizontal member to the 4:1 height and repeated vertically at locations of horizontal members every 20 feet (56.1 m) or less thereafter for scaffolds 3 feet ((0.91 m) wide or less, and every 26 feet (7.9 m) or less therafter for scaffolds greater than 3 feet (0.91m) wide.    (a) At the worksite located at 10500 N. Port Washington Rd., Mequon, WI 53092, the employer did not ensure a scaffold system was secured at the 4:1 height ratio to prevent the scaffold from collapsing, thereby exposing workers to fall hazards and struck-by hazards.

Issued

2019-08-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-08-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  (a) At the worksite located at 10500 N. Port Washington Rd., Mequon, WI 53092, the employer did not ensure a scaffold system had mud sills to prevent the scaffold from sinking, thereby exposing workers to fall hazards and struck-by hazards.

Issued

2019-08-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-08-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $1200.00 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:    (a) At the worksite located at 10500 N. Port Washington Rd., Mequon, WI 53092, the employer did not ensure employees were using fall protection when working from a scaffold, thereby exposing workers to fall hazards.

Issued

2019-08-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-08-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.  (a) At the worksite located at 10500 N. Port Washington Rd., Mequon, WI 53092, the employer did not ensure employees were using fall protection when working from an opening in a commercial building, thereby exposing workers to fall hazards.

Issued

2019-08-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-09-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

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.    (a) At the worksite located at 10500 N. Port Washington Rd., Mequon, WI 53092, the employer did not ensure employees received training in recognizing fall hazards and implementing fall protection when conducting work from a scaffold, thereby exposing workers to fall hazards.

Issued

2019-08-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-09-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee who was involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work:  (a) At the worksite located at 10500 N. Port Washington Rd., Mequon, WI 53092, the employer did not ensure employees received training in erecting and dismantling scaffold components, thereby exposing workers to fall hazards.

Issued

2019-08-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-08-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(i): Each platform unit (e.g., scaffold plank, fabricated plank, fabricated deck, or fabricated platform) was not installed so that the space between adjacent units and the space between the platform and the uprights were no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, except where the employer can demonstrate that a wider space is necessary.  (a) At the worksite located at 10500 N. Port Washington Rd., Mequon, WI 53092, the employer did not ensure platform units were fully planked, exposing employees to trip hazards.