OSHA Inspection: THE MUSEUM OF OUTDOOR ARTS

Issued

2022-10-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-11-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7252.00 · Current $3626.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.23(c)(7)(i): The employer did not ensure that ladders placed in locations such as passageways, doorways, or driveways where they can be displaced by other activities or traffic are secured to prevent accidental displacement:  a) On or about May 19, 2022, The Museum of Outdoor Arts did not ensure that ladders placed in locations such as passageways or driveways were secured to prevent accidental displacement. Employees were exposed to fall hazards greater  than 13 feet while descending from a scaffold using a ladder that was placed in a passageway/driveway and was not secured to prevent accidental displacement.

Issued

2022-10-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-11-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10151.00 · Current $5076.00 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) On or about May 19, 2022, and at times prior, The Museum of Outdoor Arts did not ensure that scaffolds and scaffold components were inspected by a competent person before each work shift. Employees were exposed to fall hazards greater than 15 feet while working on pump-jack scaffolds that were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift. The scaffold vertical poles were braced using make-shift wooden supports attached to the poles with c-clamps approximately 8 feet from the base. The braces are not designed or approved by the manufacturer.

Issued

2022-10-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-11-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10151.00 · Current $5076.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms:   a) On or about May 19, 2022, and at times prior, The Museum of Outdoor Arts did not ensure that guardrails were installed on all open sides and at the ends of scaffold platforms. Employees were exposed to fall hazards greater than 15 feet while setting up a botanical wall exhibit while working from at least two Aluma Pole pump-jack scaffolds without the benefit of midrail or endrail systems.

Issued

2022-10-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-11-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10151.00 · Current $5075.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(4)(vii): Each toprail or equivalent member of a guardrail system was not capable of withstanding, without failure, a force applied in any downward or horizontal direction at any point along its top edge of at least 100 pounds (445 n) for guardrail systems installed on single-point adjustable suspension scaffolds or two-point adjustable suspension scaffolds, and at least 200 pounds (890 n) for guardrail systems installed on all other scaffolds:   a) On or about May 16, 2022, The Museum of Outdoor Arts did not ensure that each toprail or equivalent member of a guardrail system was capable of withstanding, without failure, a 200-pound force in any downward or horizontal direction at any point along its top edge. Employees were exposed to fall hazards greater than 15 feet while setting up a botanical wall exhibit while working from an Aluma Pole pump-jack scaffold. The scaffold was set up with a workbench as a toprail. The workbench with a load of plants on its surface collapsed allowing a worker to fall more than 15 feet to the ground.

Issued

2022-10-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-02-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) On or about May 16, 2022, The Museum of Outdoor Arts did not ensure that each employee who performed work while on a scaffold was trained to recognize the hazards associated with pump-jack scaffolds. Employees were exposed to fall hazards greater than 15 feet while setting up a botanical wall exhibit while working from an Aluma Pole pump-jack scaffold. The employer did not provide the workers with adequate training on the hazards associated with the use of scaffolds.

Issued

2022-10-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-11-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1450.00 · Current $725.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.31(a):Recordable injuries and illnesses of all company employees including labor, executive, hourly, salary, part-time, seasonal, or migrant workers and employees who were not on the company payroll but supervised by the employer were not recorded on the OSHA 300 log:  a) On or about May 19, 2022, and at times prior, The Museum of Outdoor Arts did not ensure that injuries and illnesses of all company employees, including seasonal workers, were recorded on the OSHA 300 log. The employer had at least one recordable injury in the year 2021, the injury was not recorded on the OSHA 300 form.

Issued

2022-10-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-11-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7252.00 · Current $3626.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.39(a)(2):The employer did not report within 24-hours a work-related incident resulting in in-patient hospitalization, amputation or the loss of an eye:  a) On or about May 16, 2022, The Museum of Outdoor Arts did not ensure that a work-related incident resulting in in-patient hospitalization was reported to OSHA within 24 hours. An incident where an employee fell from a scaffold sustaining serious injuries resulting in hospitalization was not reported to OSHA.