OSHA Inspection: NEIL AKUSIS CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

2021-08-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-09-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2926.00 · Current $1463.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(3): The front edge of all platforms was not 14 inches (36 cm) or less from the face of the work, and no guardrail systems were erected along the front edge and/or no personal fall arrest systems were used in accordance with paragraph (g) of this section to protect employees from falling:   a) Jobsite: On or about 7/16/21, the employer failed to ensure that the ALUM-A-POLE pump jack scaffolding system was erected fourteen inches (14") or less from the face of the building, or ensure that a fall protection system was in use.

Issued

2021-08-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-09-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(4): Each end of a platform, which was not cleated or otherwise restrained by hooks or equivalent means, did not extend over the centerline of its support at least 6 inches:   a) Jobsite: On or about 7/16/21, the employer failed to ensure that the ALUM-A-POLE pump jack scaffolding platform extended at least six inches (6") over the centerline of the supports.

Issued

2021-08-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-09-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(10): Scaffold components manufactured by different manufacturers were intermixed such that the components fit together with force and the scaffold's structural integrity was not maintained by the user:   a) Jobsite: On or about 7/16/21, the employer failed to ensure that the ALUM-A-POLE pump jack scaffolding was erected with a compatible work platform.

Issued

2021-08-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-09-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:   a) Jobsite: On or about 7/16/21, the employer failed to ensure that the ALUM-A-POLE pump jack scaffolding system was complete with base plates, mud sills, or other adequate firm foundation.

Issued

2021-08-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-09-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:   a) Jobsite: On or about 7/16/21, the employer failed to ensure that employees were provided a safe means of access and egress to the ALUM-A-POLE scaffolding system. The employees were climbing in and out of a window to access and egress the scaffolding.

Issued

2021-08-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-08-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) Jobsite: On or about 7/16/21, the employer failed to ensure that employees working from the ALUM-A-POLE scaffolding system at a height of about eleven feet (11'), were provided fall protection.  b) Jobsite: On or about 7/16/21, the employer failed to ensure that employees working from the ALUM-A-POLE scaffolding system at a height of eleven feet, were protected by a guardrail system on both ends of the work platform.

Issued

2021-08-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-09-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2926.00 · Current $1463.00 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:   a) Jobsite: On or about 7/16/21, the employer failed to ensure that the ALUM-A-POLE pump jack scaffolding was inspected for visible defects prior to each work shift. The scaffolding was erected without a mid-rail or another form of fall protection, and did not have a safe means of access and egress.

Issued

2021-08-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-09-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  a) Jobsite: On or about 7/16/21, the employer failed to ensure that the ALUM-A-POLE pump jack scaffolding, was erected, moved, dismantled, and/or altered by a competent person.

Issued

2021-08-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-09-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:   a) Jobsite: On or about 7/16/21, the employer failed to ensure that employees working from the ALUM-A-POLE scaffolding  at a height of about eleven feet (11'), were provided fall hazard awareness training.

Issued

2021-08-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-09-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(10): The tops of a non-self-supporting ladder with more than one support attachment were not placed with the two rails supported equally:   a) Jobsite: On or about 7/16/21, the employer failed to ensure that the top of the Louisville twenty foot (20') extension ladder, utilized to gain access to the AULM-A-POLE scaffolding system, was placed with the two rails supported equally. The top rung was being utilized to support the ladder by placing it against the scaffold upright support post.