OSHA Inspection: CONSTRUCTION BCA LLC

Issued

May 19, 2020

Abate by

Jun 15, 2020

Penalty

Initial $3,817 · Current $1,909 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:    On or about 12/13/2019 and at times prior, at Lot 64B in the Botaniko worksite, Weston, Florida, the employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions such as fall hazards and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards associated with construction work activities.

Issued

May 19, 2020

Abate by

Jun 15, 2020

Penalty

Initial $3,817 · Current $1,909 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): Tubular welded frames and panels were not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which would have secured vertical members together laterally:    On or about 12/13/2019 and at times prior, at Lot # 64B, in the Botaniko worksite, Weston, Florida, employees were working from scaffolding that did not have sufficient cross braces, exposing the workers to a fall hazard.

Issued

May 19, 2020

Abate by

Jun 15, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.  On or about 12/13/2019 and at times prior, adjacent to 16660 Sunset Drive, Lot 64B, in Botaniko, Weston, Florida, the foreman who assembled a scaffold system for employees to use had not been trained by a competent person in assembling, operating, repairing and inspecting scaffolds, thereby exposing employees to a fall hazard of 12 feet to ground level.

Issued

May 19, 2020

Penalty

Initial $3,181 · Current $1,591 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v): A body belt with lanyard attached to the boom or basket was not worn by employee(s) working from an aerial lift:    On or about 12/13/2019 and at times prior, at 16660 Sunset Drive, Lot 64B, in Botaniko, Weston, Florida, an employee was exposed to a 20-foot fall hazard when working from an aerial lift and not using a means of personal fall protection.

Issued

May 19, 2020

Abate by

Jun 15, 2020

Penalty

Initial $7,634 · Current $3,817 Reduced

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:    On or about 12/13/2019 and at times prior, at Lot # 64B of the Botaniko worksite, Weston, Florida, employees were working from a fabricated frame scaffold that did not have base plates, thereby exposing the workers to a fall hazard of 12 feet to ground level.    Construction BCA LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.451(c)(2), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1247445, citation number 01, item number 02, and was affirmed as a final order on 04/06/2018, with respect to a workplace located at 16479 Botaniko South, Lot 57B, Weston, Florida 33326.

Issued

May 19, 2020

Abate by

Jun 15, 2020

Penalty

Initial $7,634 · Current $3,817 Reduced

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:    On or about 12/13/2019 and at times prior, at Lot 64B, at Botaniko, Weston,Florida, a portable A frame ladder was used for employees to access the top of a fabricated frame scaffold, thereby, exposing employees to a fall hazard.      Construction BCA LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.451(e)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1247445, citation number 01, item number 03 and was affirmed as a final order on 04/06/2018, with respect to a workplace located at 16479 Botaniko South, Lot 57B, Weston, Florida 33326.

Issued

May 19, 2020

Abate by

Jun 15, 2020

Penalty

Initial $7,634 · Current $3,817 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:    On or about 12/13/2019 and times prior, adjacent to 16653 Sunset Drive, Botaniko, Weston, Florida, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while working on scaffolding that did not have baseplates, and scaffold cross braces were tied with wire as makeshift guardrails, thereby exposing employees to a fall hazard of 12 feet to ground level.    Construction BCA LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.451(f)(3), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1247445, citation number 01, item number 05 and was affirmed as a final order on 04/06/2018, with respect to a workplace located at 16479 Botaniko South, Lot 57B, Weston, Florida 33326.

Issued

May 19, 2020

Abate by

Jun 15, 2020

Penalty

Initial $7,634 · Current $3,817 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladder(s) were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:    On or about 12/13/2019 and at times prior, adjacent to 16653 Sunset Drive, Botaniko, Weston, Florida, employees were using a stepladder as access to a scaffold.  The ladder was leaning against the scaffold in the closed position exposing the employees to a fall of up to 10 feet to the ground level.    Construction BCA LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.1053(b)(4), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1247445, citation number 01, item number 7 and was affirmed as a final order on 04/06/2018, with respect to a workplace located at 16479 Botaniko South, Lot 57B, Weston, Florida 33326.

Issued

May 19, 2020

Abate by

Jun 15, 2020

Penalty

Initial $357 · Current $179 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical agents:    On or about 12/13/2019 and at times prior, at 16660 Sunset Drive, Lot 64b in Botaniko, Weston, Florida, employees were exposed to particles of stucco falling in their eyes when applying stucco above their heads and not using eye protection.