FORT COLLINS, CO ·
OSHA Inspection: ARMS CONSTRUCTION
Referral inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of ARMS CONSTRUCTION in THE STANDARD AT FORT COLLINS 775 WEST LAKE ST., FORT COLLINS, CO 80521 (NAICS 236116). OSHA activity number 344627351.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- ARMS CONSTRUCTION
- Site address
- THE STANDARD AT FORT COLLINS 775 WEST LAKE ST.
- City
- FORT COLLINS
- State
- CO
- ZIP
- 80521
- Mailing
- 7008 CR 54, JOHNSTOWN, CO 80534
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 236116
- Employees
- 2
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
3 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.451 G01
- Issued
- Mar 20, 2020
- Abate by
- Apr 15, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $2,892 · Current $1,500 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level: (a) Arms Construction at 775 West Lake St., Fort Collins, Colorado: On or before February 13, 2020, the employer did not ensure that the top and mid rails on the 40-foot pump jack scaffold extended to the platform end on the right side, as observed looking towards the building. The guardrails were at least 2 to 3 feet short from the end. This condition exposed employees to a fall hazard of approximately 25 feet.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $1500
- · Z (S) $2892
1926.451 F07
- Issued
- Mar 20, 2020
- Abate by
- Apr 15, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $4,048 · Current $2,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): The scaffold was erected, moved, dismantled, or altered without the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling, or alteration: (a) Arms Construction at 775 West Lake St., Fort Collins, Colorado: On or before February 13, 2020, the employer did not ensure that the 40-foot pump jack scaffold was erected under supervision and direction of a qualified competent person in that two employees were installing windows on the second level of a building when one employee fell between the scaffold plank and the exterior wall. The pole brace on the right side of the scaffold, as observed looking towards the building, pulled away from the exterior wall of the building. This condition exposed employees to a fall hazard of approximately 25 feet. (b) Arms Construction at 775 West Lake St., Fort Collins, Colorado: On or before February 13, 2020, the employer did not ensure that the 40-foot pump jack scaffold was erected under supervision and direction of a qualified competent person in that the top and mid rails did not extend to the platform end on the right side, as observed looking towards the building. The guardrails were at least 2 to 3 feet short from the end. This condition exposed employees to a fall hazard of approximately 25 feet.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $2000
- · Z (S) $4048
1926.452 J02
- Issued
- Mar 20, 2020
- Abate by
- Apr 15, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
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: (a) Arms Construction at 775 West Lake St., Fort Collins, Colorado: On or before February 13, 2020, the employer did not ensure that the vertical poles for the 40-foot pump jack scaffold was secured to the exterior wall of the building while employees installed windows. Two employees were installing windows on the second level of a building when one employee fell between the scaffold plank and the exterior wall. The pole brace on the right side of the scaffold, as observed looking towards the building, pulled away from the exterior wall of the building. This condition exposed employees to a fall hazard of approximately 25 feet.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $0
- · Z (S) $0
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 344627351.
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