OSHA Inspection: EXCELLENT INTERIOR INC.

Issued

2020-04-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6747.00 · Current $6747.00

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)  Location:  Scaffold front of building  a) On or about 11/1/2019, employees worked on a tubular welded frame scaffold and the working platforms were not fully planked.  Employees performing framing work on the front of the building.

Issued

2020-04-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9446.00 · Current $9446.00

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.   Location: Scaffolds used on job site; front side of building  a) On or about 11/1/2019, employees climbed the crossbraces and frames of the scaffolds as a means of access to the working platforms.

Issued

2020-04-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9446.00 · Current $9446.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(5): Locking-type snaphooks were not designed and used to prevent disengagement of the snaphook by the contact of the snaphook keeper by the connected member  Location: a) Two-tiered Scaffold (1st tier/working platform)  a) On or about 11/1/2019, an employee attached the snaphook, of the lanyard, to the hole in a C-joist metal frame. The snaphook could not fully close to prevent disengagement.

Issued

2020-04-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9446.00 · Current $9446.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(6)(i): A snaphook not of the locking type was engaged (i) directly to webbing, rope or wire rope; (ii) to each other (iii) to a Dee-ring to which another snaphook or other connector is attached;(iv) to a horizontal lifeline; or (v) to any objectwhich is incompatibly shaped or dimensioned in relation to the snaphook such that unintentional disengagement could occur by the connected object being able to depress the snaphook keeper and release itself.  Location: a) Both Scaffolds on site; Front of building  a) On or about 11/1/2019, employees wrapped the lanyard, of their safety harness, around the scaffold frames and crossbraces and then clamped the snaphook onto the lanyard.

Issued

2020-04-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9446.00 · Current $9446.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.760(a)(1): Each employee engaged in a steel erection activity who is on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge more than 15 feet (4.6 m) above a lower level was not protected from fall hazards by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, positioning device systems, or fall restraint systems.  In alternative,  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.  Location: a) Top of C-joist, 4th floor level, front of building  a) On or about 11/1/2019, an employee was sitting on top of the C-joists to connect the metal frames  and was not protected from falling.

Issued

2020-04-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6747.00 · Current $6747.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)(ii): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with a stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge.  Location: a) Stairway leading to 4th Floor  a) On or about 11/1/2019, employees used the stairway to access the fourth floor. The stairway did not have any handrails or stairrails between the 3rd floor and 4th floor landing.

Issued

2020-04-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6747.00 · Current $6747.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(12): Unprotected sides and edges of stairway landings were not provided with guardrail systems that meet the criteria contained in Subpart M of 29 CFR 1926: .  Location: a) 4th Floor stairway landing  a) On or about 11/1/2019, Stairway landing was not equipped with a guardrail.  Employees exposed to a fall from the 4th floor to the 3rd floor.