OSHA Inspection: KLAY CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Mar 8, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,786 · Current $2,875 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):  a) On or about September 21, 2021, at the above addressed jobsite, employees conducting masonry operations from a tubular welded frame scaffold, fifteen (15') feet three (3") inches above the ground, were not provided with working levels that were fully planked, thereby exposing the employee to falls.  No abatement certification or documentation is required for this item.

Issued

Mar 8, 2022

Abate by

Mar 31, 2022

Penalty

Initial $2,735 · Current $2,875

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(2)(i): Footings were not level, sound, rigid, and capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement:   a) On or about September 21, 2021, at the above addressed jobsite, the tubular welded frame scaffold that was provided to employees performing masonry work fifteen (15') feet six (3") inches above the ground, was not erected with level, sound and rigid footing.  The footings and sill plates were displaced on numerous footings, thereby exposing the employee to falls.  In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

Mar 8, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,786 · Current $2,875 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.  a) On or about September 21, 2021, at the above addressed jobsite, employees conducting masonry operations from a tubular welded frame scaffold, fifteen (15') feet three (3") inches above the ground, were not provided with an access ladder, thereby exposing the employee to falls.  No abatement certification or documentation is required for this item.

Issued

Mar 8, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,786 · Current $2,875 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1):Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level.  a) On or about September 21, 2021, at the above addressed jobsite, employees conducting masonry work from a platform bridged between two sections of tubular welded scaffold at approximately fifteen (15') feet three (3") inches above the ground, were not provided with fall protection, thereby exposing the employee to falls.  No abatement certification or documentation is required for this item.