OSHA Inspection: MARINUCCI ROOFING & GENERAL CONTRACTOR

Issued

Jul 27, 2020

Abate by

Aug 20, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,892 · Current $1,880 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:    a) 229 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19106 - Employees where working from a fabricated frame scaffold, approximately 7 feet long by 5 feet wide by 19 feet high, which did not bear on foundation rated to support a scaffold, thus exposing employees to fall hazards from scaffold collapse. This condition was noted on or about February 4, 2020.

Issued

Jul 27, 2020

Abate by

Aug 20, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,892 · Current $1,880 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): A means of access for scaffold platforms more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, such as 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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used:    a) 229 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19106 - The employer did not ensure that employees accessing a fabricated frame scaffold, approximately 7 feet long by 5 feet wide by 19 feet high, used a safe means of accessing the work platform of the scaffold. Employees would climb the vertical supports to access the work platform, thus exposing the employees to fall hazards.  This condition was noted on or about February 4, 2020.

Issued

Jul 27, 2020

Abate by

Aug 20, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,892 · Current $1,880 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling, or alteration:    a) 229 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19106 - The employer did not ensure that a fabricated frame scaffold, approximately 7 feet long by 5 feet wide by 19 feet high, was erected on a firm foundation, had safe access to the working levels, and a fall protection system in place.  This condition was noted on or about February 4, 2020.

Issued

Jul 27, 2020

Abate by

Aug 20, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part:  a) 229 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19106 - The employer did not develop and implement a safety and health program to assist employees with the recognition and control of workplace hazards. This condition was noted on or about February 4, 2020.

Issued

Jul 27, 2020

Abate by

Aug 20, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed 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) 229 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19106 - The employer did not train employees to recognize and control hazards associated with working on a fabricated frame scaffold which bore on inadequate foundation, did not use safe access and lacked a fall protection system. This condition was noted on or about February 4, 2020.

Issued

Jul 27, 2020

Abate by

Aug 20, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,048 · Current $2,631 Reduced

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) 229 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19106 - The employer did not ensure that employees who were working on a fabricated frame scaffold, approximately 7 feet long by 5 feet wide by 19 feet high, were protected from falls of approximately 19 feet by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems, thus exposing the employees to fall from height hazards.  This condition was noted on or about February 4, 2020.