OSHA Inspection: UNION POWER STUCCO LLC

Issued

Jul 20, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,892 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.150(a)(1): The employer did not develop and maintain a fire protection program to be followed throughout all phases of construction and demolition work, and/or did not provide for the firefighting equiment as specified in this subpart:  Jobsite - No fire extinguishers were supplied near the kerosene gas heaters in the enclosed scaffolding.

Issued

Jul 20, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.154(b)(4): Heaters used in the vicinity of combustible tarpaulins, canvas or similar coverings were not located at least 10 feet from the coverings:  Scaffolding - The scaffolding was enclosed with flammable tarps with gas fired heaters on the scaffolding.

Issued

Jul 20, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,048 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(1): Each scaffold and scaffold component was not capable of supporting, without failure, its own weight and at least 4 times the maximum intended load applied or transmitted to it.  Scaffolding - The wooden scaffolding planks were not capable of supporting four times the load as they were rotten.

Issued

Jul 20, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,048 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(2): Direct connections to roofs and floors, and counterweights used to balance adjustable suspension scaffolds were not capable of resisting at least 4 times the tipping moment imposed by the scaffold operating at the rated load of the  Scaffolding - The scaffolding collapsed as the tie-in points were not connected to a structural member.

Issued

Jul 20, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,048 · Current $0 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:  Scaffolding - No ladder was supplied for the six tier high scaffolding.

Issued

Jul 20, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,048 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffold and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each workshift and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:  Jobsite - The Tubular Welded Scaffolding was not inspected by a competent person prior to use.

Issued

Jul 20, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.   Jobsite - The tubular welded scaffolding was not erected by a competent person.

Issued

Jul 20, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,048 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(12): Work on or from scaffolds was not prohibited during storms or high winds and a competent person did not determine that it was safe for employees to be on the scaffold:  Jobsite - The Scaffolding collapsed due to high winds as employees worked on the scaffolding.

Issued

Jul 20, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,048 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): 29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1m) above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in accordance with paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (vii) of this section:  Scaffolding - Employees were exposed to a fall hazard of up to thirty eight feet while working on the tubular welded scaffolding without fall protection.

Issued

Jul 20, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,048 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(4): Where uplift could occur which would displace scaffold end frames or panels, the frames or panels were not locked together vertically by pins or equivalent means:  Scaffolding - The tubular welded scaffolding frames were not pinned together.

Issued

Jul 20, 2020

Abate by

Jul 24, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,048 · Current $0 Reduced

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:  Jobsite -  Employees working from a tubular welded scaffold system were not trained in the recognition and avoidance of hazards associated with tubular welded scaffold usage.