OSHA Inspection: NORTHSIDE ELEVATOR, INC.

Issued

2023-04-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8539.00 · Current $5977.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(b)(8): The employer did not ensure that ladders are used only for the purposes for which they were designed:  (a) Grain intake area, near scale; An 8-foot tall Werner brand step-ladder (self-supporting ladder) was used in the closed position as a non-self-supporting ladder to access the work platform on scaffold system.

Issued

2023-04-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(8): The employer did not ensure that the cap (if equipped) and top step of a stepladder are not used as steps:  (a) Grain intake area, near scale; The top cap and top step of an 8-foot tall Werner brand step-ladder were used to access the work platform on a scaffold system.

Issued

2023-04-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(11): The employer did not ensure that portable ladders used to gain access to an upper landing surface have side rails that extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface:  (a) Grain intake area, near scale; Side rails of an 8-foot tall Werner brand step-ladder used to access the work platform on a scaffold system did not extended at least 3 feet above the access level.

Issued

2023-04-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10246.00 · Current $7172.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(1): Each scaffold and/or scaffold component was not capable of supporting, without failure, its own weight and at least 4 times the maximum intended load applied or transmitted to it: [General Industry Reference 1910.27(a)]  (a) Grain intake area, near scale; U-bolts used to support a homemade wooden platform were not capable of supporting at least four times the maximum intended load; in that, u-bolts installed around vertical members of fabricated scaffold frames at each corner of the wooden platform slid down 1/2 to 2-1/8 inches from their originally installed positions.

Issued

2023-04-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6): Scaffolds were not designed by a qualified person: [General Industry Reference 1910.27(a)]  (a) Grain intake area, near scale; A fabricated frame scaffold system was not designed by a qualified person before it was built and used to take grain samples; in that, the scaffold system was built with and used while components were missing, damaged, rusted, and/or made of job-made components which had unknown or underrated capacity ratings.

Issued

2023-04-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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: [General Industry Reference 1910.27(a)]   (a) Grain intake area, near scale; A fabricated frame scaffold system and its components were not inspected for defects before each work shift.  The scaffold system was erected with and used while components were missing, damaged, rusted, and built from job-made components with unknown and/or underrated capacities.

Issued

2023-04-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-04-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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: [General Industry Reference 1910.27(a)]  (a) Grain intake area, near scale; On or about the week of November 7, 2022, employees who assembled and altered a fabricated frame scaffold system were not trained or experienced in scaffold erection and were not under the guidance of a competent person during scaffold erection activities.

Issued

2023-04-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(4): End frames of tubular welded frame scaffolding were not locked together vertically by use of pins or equivalent means in areas where uplift could occur: [General Industry Reference 1910.27(a)]  (a) Grain intake area, near scale; Pins were not installed through coupling/stacking pins to prevent uplift from occurring between fabricated scaffold frames, which were stacked three frames high.