OSHA Inspection: SHANE COWAN

Issued

2023-03-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1878.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(1)(i):Each platform unit (e.g., scaffold plank, fabricated plank, fabricated deck, or fabricated platform) shall be installed so that the space between adjacent units and the space between the platform and the uprights is no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, except where the employer can demonstrate that a wider space is necessary (for example, to fit around uprights when side brackets are used to extend the width of the platform).  Employee working while standing on the outer edge of offset planks on the second tier of self-supported tubular welded end frame scaffolding was not protected from a fall hazard of approximately twelve (12) feet in that the scaffolding was not fully planked.

Issued

2023-03-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-04-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2210.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(2)(i):Footings were not level, sound, rigid, and capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement:  Employees were permitted to work on pole scaffold systems as high approximately 11 feet without sound footing.

Issued

2023-03-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-04-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2210.00 · Current $1200.00 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:  Employees performing roofing activities were not provided a ladder to safely access and egress the upper levels of a pole scaffold exposing employees to fall hazards.

Issued

2023-03-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-04-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2210.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(f)(3):Scaffolds and scaffold components shall be inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity.  Employees worked on and around pole frame scaffold that was not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift.

Issued

2023-03-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-04-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2210.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.453(b)(2)(iv):  Employees shall always stand firmly on the floor of the basket, and shall not sit or climb on the edge of the basket or use planks, ladders, or other devices for a work position.  Employees were working within the basket, climbed out of basket onto roof edge exposing employees to fall hazard.

Issued

2023-03-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1878.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.453(b)(2)(v):29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v): A safety harness with lanyard attached to the boom or basket was not worn by employee(s) working from an aerial lift.  Employees working in aerial lift was not wearing harness or attached to boom or basket, exposing employee to fall hazards.

Issued

2023-03-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-04-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2210.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.453(b)(2)(viii): An aerial lift truck shall not be moved when the boom is elevated in a working position with men in the basket, except for equipment which is specifically designed for this type of operation in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) of this section.  Employees moved a Lull 644B-42 Forklift truck forward while the boom was elevated in a working position with men in the basket exposing employees to fall hazards.