OSHA Inspection: J & J PROFESSIONAL PAINTING SERVICES, LLC

Issued

Sep 9, 2022

Abate by

Sep 21, 2022

Penalty

Initial $5,801 · Current $5,801

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:   a)  At 503 and 501 Albatross Street, Panama City Beach, Florida:  On or about August 17, 2022 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to perform painting activities from multiple ladder jack scaffolds without using fall protection exposing his employees to a fall hazard of up to 30 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Sep 9, 2022

Abate by

Sep 21, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.452(k)(1): Platforms exceeded a height of 20 feet (6.1 m)   a)  At 503 and 501 Albatross Street, Panama City Beach, Florida:  On or about August 17, 2022 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to perform painting activities from multiple ladder jack scaffolds where the work platform was in over twenty feet high exposing his employees to a fall hazard of up to 30 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Sep 9, 2022

Abate by

Sep 21, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.452(k)(5): Scaffold platforms were bridged on to another.   a)  At 503 and 501 Albatross Street, Panama City Beach, Florida:  On or about August 17, 2022 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to perform painting activities from multiple ladder jack scaffolds that were bridged together with small pieces of lumber exposing his employees to a fall hazard of up to 30 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Sep 9, 2022

Abate by

Sep 21, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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)  At 503 and 501 Albatross Street, Panama City Beach, Florida:  On or about August 17, 2022 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to perform painting activities from multiple ladder jack scaffolds without first ensuring his employees were trained on the hazards associated with scaffolds to include but not limited to erecting, dismantling and inspecting scaffolding exposing his employees to a fall hazard of up to 30 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Sep 9, 2022

Abate by

Sep 21, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,144 · Current $4,144

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):    a)  At 503  Albatross Street, Panama City Beach, Florida:  On or about August 17, 2022 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to perform painting activities from a balcony without using fall protection exposing his employees to a fall hazard of  25 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Sep 9, 2022

Abate by

Sep 21, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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)  At 503  Albatross Street, Panama City Beach, Florida:  On or about August 17, 2022 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to perform painting activities from a balcony without first ensuring his employees was trained on the hazards associated with falls to include but not limited to setting up and inspecting fall protection exposing his employees to a fall hazard of  25 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Sep 9, 2022

Abate by

Sep 21, 2022

Penalty

Initial $5,801 · Current $5,801

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(5)(i): Non-self-supporting ladder(s) were not used at an angle such that the horizontal distance from the top support to the foot of the ladder was approximately one-quarter of the working length of the ladder:   a)  At 503 and 501 Albatross Street, Panama City Beach, Florida:  On or about August 17, 2022 and at times prior; the employer allowed his employees to perform painting activities from multiple ladder jack scaffolds and the scaffold ladders were not set up properly as required by the standard exposing his employees to a fall hazard of up to 30 feet to the ground below.