OSHA Inspection: I MOVE LLC

Issued

May 15, 2020

Abate by

Jun 4, 2020

Penalty

Initial $13,494 · Current $13,494

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(3): Before work began, the employer did not ascertain by inquiry, direct observation, or by instruments, whether any part of an energized electric power circuit, exposed or concealed, was so located that the performance of the work could bring any person, tool, or machine into physical or electrical contact with the electric power circuit. The employer also did not post and maintain proper warning signs where such circuits exist, or advised employees of the location of such lines, the hazards involved, and the protective measures to be taken:  a) 2812 W. Master St., Philadelphia, PA 19121 - The employer did not ascertain whether an energized primary electrical circuit conductor of 7,600 volts, approximately within one foot of the top walking/working surface of the scaffold, was so located that the performance of work by an employee on a fabricated frame scaffold, approximately 34.5 feet high, 28 feet long and 5 feet wide, could bring an employee, tool, or materials into physical or electrical contact with the circuit; did not post warning signs; and did not advise the employee of the location, hazards, and protective measures of the circuit, thus exposing the employee to electric shock hazards.  This condition was noted on or about November 20, 2019.

Issued

May 15, 2020

Abate by

Jun 4, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,048 · Current $4,048

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):  a) 2812 W. Master St., Philadelphia, PA 19121 -  Employee working from a fabricated frame approximately 34.5 feet high, 28 feet long and 5 feet wide scaffold was exposed to fall hazards in that the employer did not ensure that all working levels of the scaffold was fully planked or decked. Working levels only had two planks. This condition was noted on or about November 20, 2019.

Issued

May 15, 2020

Abate by

Jun 4, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) 2812 W. Master St., Philadelphia, PA 19121 - The employer did not ensure that the supported legs of a fabricated frame scaffold, on which employees worked at heights up to approximately 34.5 feet above the lower level, bore on base plates, thus exposing the employees to fall from height hazards.  This condition was noted on or about November 20, 2019.

Issued

May 15, 2020

Abate by

Jun 4, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, or altered, by trained and experienced employees selected by, and under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration.   a) 2812 W. Master St., Philadelphia, PA 19121 - Fabricated frame scaffold  approximately 34.5 feet high, 28 feet long and 5 feet wide was erected without supervision of a competent person in that the scaffold lacked: base plates, guard rails, was not fully decked on the working levels and was erected approximately 3 feet from an energized electrical primary powerline of 7,600 volts. This condition was observed on or about approximately November 20, 2019.

Issued

May 15, 2020

Abate by

Jun 4, 2020

Penalty

Initial $13,494 · Current $13,494

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(6): Scaffolds were erected, used, dismantled, altered, or moved such that they, or any conductive material handled on them, could have come closer than the minimum distances established for specific voltages as set forth in the table in subparagraph (f)(6):  a) 2812 W. Master St., Philadelphia, PA 19121 - The employer did not ensure that a fabricated frame scaffold, approximately 34.5 feet high, 28 feet long and 5 feet wide, was erected so that it was approximately three feet away from an energized, uninsulated primary electrical circuit conductor of 7,600 volts, thus exposing the employee to electric shock hazards.  This condition was noted on or about November 20, 2019.

Issued

May 15, 2020

Abate by

Jun 4, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,048 · Current $4,048

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.  a) 2812 W. Master St., Philadelphia, PA 19121 - The employer did not protect employees, who were working on a scaffold at heights up to approximately 34.5 feet above the lower level, from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems, thus exposing employees to fall from height hazards.  This condition was noted on or about November 20, 2019.