OSHA Inspection: LLP GENERAL CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Sep 28, 2022

Abate by

Oct 18, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,108 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain an accident prevention program as may be necessary to comply with this part.  Site- Employees were not protected from electric shock, struck by, fall, and scaffold collapse hazards where the employer did not initiate and maintain an accident prevention program.

Issued

Sep 28, 2022

Abate by

Oct 18, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s)  Site- Employees were not protected from electric shock, struck by, fall, and scaffold collapse hazards where the employer did not provide for frequent inspections of the job site conducted by a competent person.

Issued

Sep 28, 2022

Abate by

Oct 18, 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.   Site- Employees erecting, dismantling, and working from a pump jack scaffold were not protected from electric shock, fall, and scaffold collapse hazards where the employer did not provide scaffold training.

Issued

Sep 28, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,108 · Current $0 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:  Site- Employees working from a pump jack scaffold were not protected from electric shock, fall, and scaffold collapse hazards where a competent person did inspect the scaffold prior to employees working from the scaffold.

Issued

Sep 28, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.   Site- Employees erecting, dismantling, and working from a pump jack scaffold were not protected from electric shock, fall, and scaffold collapse hazards where a competent person did not supervise the employees.

Issued

Sep 28, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,108 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:   Site- Employees working from the ground underneath the pump jack scaffold were not protected from head injuries where head protection was not worn.

Issued

Sep 28, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,108 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:   Site- Employees working from a pump jack scaffold were not protected from a scaffold collapse hazard where the support poles for the scaffold were placed on soft ground without mudsills or base plates.

Issued

Sep 28, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(3): Supported scaffold poles, legs, post, frames, and/or uprights were not plumb and braced to prevent swaying and displacement:   Site- Employees working from a pump jack scaffold were not protected from a scaffold collapse hazard where the support poles for the scaffold were not plumb and subject to unintentional displacement.

Issued

Sep 28, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.452(j)(2): Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary.   Site- Employees working from pump jack scaffolds were not protected from scaffold collapse hazards where the support poles for the scaffolds did not have rigid triangular bracing at the bottom to prevent unintentional displacement.

Issued

Sep 28, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,108 · Current $0 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 before being released for use by employees other than erection/dismantling crews:   Site- Employees working from two pump jack scaffolds were not protected from a fall of 19 feet where end rails and mid rails were not installed.

Issued

Sep 28, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,108 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(f)(6): Scaffolds were erected, used, dismantled, altered, or moved such that they, or any conductive material handled on them, could have come closer than the minimum distances established for specific voltages as set forth in the table in subparagraph (f)(6).  Site- Employees erecting, working from, and dismantling a pump jack scaffold were not protected from electric shock where one of the pump jack support poles and an aluminum scaffold platform, from which an employee was working from, was within 3 feet of a 240 volt power line. During the course of work the covered conductor between the weather head and the electric meter was damaged and the outer jacket of the conductor was torn by the pump jack scaffold.

Issued

Sep 28, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(e)(8): Direct access to or from another surface was used when the scaffold was more than 14 inches (36 cm) horizontally and/or 24 inches (61 cm) vertically from the other surface:   Site- Employees working from a pump jack scaffold were not protected from a fall hazard where the ladder used to access the pump jack scaffold was more than 14 inches horizontally away from the scaffold platform.

Issued

Sep 28, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.452(j)(4): A pump jack scaffold work bench is not to be used as a scaffold platform:   Site- An employee was not protected from a fall of 19 feet while working from the work bench of a pump jack scaffold.

Issued

Sep 28, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,108 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:   Site- Employees using an aluminum extension ladder to access a pump jack scaffold were not protected from a fall hazard where the ladder did not extend 3 feet above the landing surface.