OSHA Inspection: DRS ELECTRICAL SERVICES LLC

Issued

2022-10-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3315.00 · Current $1700.00 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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used:   a) Jobsite, at or near 4557 Ohio River Boulevard, Avalon, PA: On or about October 18, 2022, during electrical installation work, the employer did not ensure that a safe way of getting on and off of a pre-fabricated walk through type scaffold was used in that employees climbed the end frames and guardrails on the scaffold to get up/down, exposing them to a fall hazard of approximately 12 feet.

Issued

2022-10-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) Jobsite, at or near 4557 Ohio River Boulevard, Avalon, PA: On or about October 18, 2022, during electrical installation work, the employer did not ensure that appropriate fall protection systems/devices were in use along the ends of scaffolding in that there were no guardrails along the ends of the 2nd level of scaffolding, exposing employees to fall hazards of up to approximately 12 feet.

Issued

2022-10-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-11-08 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) Jobsite, at or near 4557 Ohio River Boulevard, Avalon, PA: On or about October 18, 2022, during electrical installation work, the employer did not ensure that employees were given scaffold safety training prior to working on a pre-fabricated walk through type scaffold, exposing them to hazards such as sprains, strains and falls of up to approximately 12 feet.