OSHA Inspection: PERRY EXTERIORS PARTNERSHIP LLC

Issued

2019-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-12-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1705.00 · Current $1705.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(7): On scaffolds where platforms are overlapped to create a long platform, the overlap did not occur only over supports:  (a) Lot Number 168 - An employee worked from scaffolding to hang siding on the garage of the attached residential home.  The employer had an Alum-A-Pole pump jack scaffold erected across the garage entrance, and the employer created a longer work platform along the garage's other two sides by installing two Werner scaffold stages perpendicular to the pump jack stage.  One end of each of these Werner scaffold stages rested on top of an end of the pump jack stage rather than on scaffold supports, exposing the employee who worked on the scaffolding to the hazard of falling to a lower level, on or about September 10, 2019.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date.  The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

2019-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-12-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladders were used for purposes other than the purposes for which they were designed:  (a) Lot Number 168 - An employee worked from scaffolding to hang siding on the garage of the attached residential home.  In part, this scaffolding consisted of a Werner scaffold stage supported on one end on the third rung from the bottom of a Werner 6-foot fiberglass step ladder.  The manufacturer did not design this step ladder for use as a scaffold support, exposing the employee who worked on the scaffolding to the hazard of falling to a lower level, on or about September 10, 2019.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date.  The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

2019-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-12-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1705.00 · Current $1705.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, or uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  (a) Lot Number 168 - An employee worked from scaffolding to hang siding on the garage of the attached residential home.  In part, the scaffolding consisted of Alum-A-Pole pump jack scaffolding, which included two poles, two pump jacks, and a stage, erected across the garage entrance, and a pole, pump jack and stage, erected at the side of the garage on the unattached side of the house.  None of the three poles had mudsills, exposing the employee who worked on the scaffolding to the hazard of falling to a lower level, on or about September 10, 2019.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date.  The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

2019-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-12-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2): Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary:  (a) Lot Number 168 - An employee worked from scaffolding to hang siding on the garage of the attached residential home.  In part, the scaffolding consisted of Alum-A-Pole pump jack scaffolding, which included two poles, two pump jacks, and a stage, erected across the garage entrance, and a pole, pump jack and stage, erected at the side of the garage on the unattached side of the house.  None of the three poles had rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, exposing the employee who worked on the scaffolding to the hazard of falling to a lower level, on or about September 10, 2019.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date.  The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.