OSHA Inspection: GC REMODELING LLC

Issued

Jan 31, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,453 · Current $4,453

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii): The end of a platform greater than 10 feet in length extended over its support more than 18 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end.  a) Building Exterior: Employees were exposed to a 40 foot fall hazard while engaged in stucco activities from a pump jack scaffold. The end of the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform was able to support employees without tipping, the pump jack scaffold had a 6 foot overhang over the support, on or about 11/15/2019.

Issued

Jan 31, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,453 · Current $4,453

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(3): Supported scaffold poles, legs, post, frames, and/or uprights were not plumb and braced to prevent swaying and displacement:  a) Building Exterior: Employees were working on a pump jack scaffold that was not plumb and braced at the bottom to prevent swaying and displacement, on or about 11/15/2019.

Issued

Jan 31, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,453 · Current $4,453

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered only under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling, or alteration and such activities were not performed by only experienced and trained employees:  a) Building Exterior: A pump jack scaffold was erected, without the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, on or about 11/15/2019

Issued

Jan 31, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,453 · Current $4,453

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.  a) Building Exterior: Employees were exposed to a 40 foot fall hazard while working on a pump Jack Scaffold; that was not provided with a guardrail system or other means of fall protection in place, on or about 11/15/2019.

Issued

Jan 31, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,453 · Current $4,453

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.  Building Exterior: Employees were working on a pump jack scaffold that was not secured at the bottom by rigid triangular or equivalent braces, on or about 11/15/2019.

Issued

Jan 31, 2020

Penalty

Initial $3,817 · Current $3,817

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performs 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) Building exterior: Employees were performing stucco work while on a pump jack scaffold without being 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 or control or minimize the hazards, on or bout 11/15/2019.

Issued

Jan 31, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,453 · Current $4,453

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee 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 in question:   a) Building Exterior: The employer did not provided training for employees involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a pump jack scaffold by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the scaffold, on or about 11/15/2019.

Issued

Jan 31, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,545 · Current $2,545

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladders were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:  a) Building Exterior: Employees were using an aluminum extension ladder as a work bench and a top rail on a pump jack scaffold, on or about 11/15/2019.

Issued

Jan 31, 2020

Penalty

Initial $7,634 · Current $7,634

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.  a) Building Exterior - Front: Employees were exposed to eye/face injuries while applying stucco. Employees were not protected with any type of eye/face protection, on or about 12/15/2019