OSHA Inspection: TYNKO CONSTRUCTION INC.

Issued

Jan 5, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,351 · Current $2,800 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)  Location: a) 4-tier tubular welded frame scaffold; above concrete front yard; next to the concrete sidewalk  a) On or about 07/13/2022, employees stood on the 4th tier of the scaffold, approximately 18 feet above the concrete front yard, to perform fa�ade work on the buildings exterior wall. All working levels of the scaffold were not fully planked or decked.

Issued

Jan 5, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,351 · Current $2,800 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.  Location: a) 4-tier tubular welded frame scaffold; above concrete front yard; next to the concrete sidewalk  a) On or about 07/13/2022, employees accessed the 4th tier of the scaffold, approximately 18 feet above the concrete front yard, to perform fa�ade work on the buildings exterior wall without the use of access ladders. Employees climbed the crossbraces as a means of access to multiple levels on the scaffold.

Issued

Jan 5, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,351 · Current $2,800 Reduced

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.  Location: a) 4-tier tubular welded frame scaffold; above concrete front yard; next to the concrete sidewalk  a) On or about 07/13/2022, employees stood on the 4th tier of the scaffold, approximately 18 feet above the concrete front yard, to perform fa�ade work on the buildings exterior wall without the use of a personal fall arrest system or guardrails.