OSHA Inspection: 3D SIDING, INC.

Issued

Jun 29, 2023

Abate by

Aug 2, 2023

Penalty

Initial $376 · Current $263 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:  (a) Establishment:  As of June 29, 2023, the employer had not certified to OSHA that the abatement had been completed for Citation 1, Items 1b, 3a and 3b from inspection number 1643224, issued on 4/11/2023, with a final order date of 5/8/2023.

Issued

Jun 29, 2023

Abate by

Aug 2, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1903.19(d)(1): The employer did not submit to the Agency documents demonstrating that abatement is complete for each willful or repeat violation and for any serious violation for which the Agency indicates in the citation that such abatement documentation is required.  (a) Establishment:  As of June 29, 2023 the employer had not provided the required abatement documentation to OSHA for Citation 1, Items 1b, 3a and 3b from inspection number 1643224, issued on 4/11/2023, with a final order date of 5/8/2023.

Issued

Apr 11, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $3,282 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.  (a) At the back of the building:  On or about 1/10/2023, the employer allowed employees to assemble and use a pump jack scaffold system with the uprights resting on loose granular soil instead of base plates and mud sills or another adequate firm foundation.

Issued

Apr 11, 2023

Abate by

May 25, 2023

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 by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.  (a) At the back of the building:  On or about 1/10/2023, the pump jack scaffold system was not erected by a trained experienced employee or under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection.

Issued

Apr 11, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 the back of the building:  On or about 1/10/2023, employees working from a pump jack scaffold system, approximately 25 feet above the lower level, were not protected from falling.

Issued

Apr 11, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $3,282 Reduced

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.  (a) At the back of the building:  On or about 01-10-2023, the employer did not ensure that a pump jack scaffold system used by employees was secured to the structure by rigid triangular braces at the bottom of the scaffold.

Issued

Apr 11, 2023

Abate by

May 25, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $3,282 Reduced

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 the back of the building:  On or about 01-10-2023, employees were exposed to fall hazards while working from a pump jack scaffold system without the training necessary to recognize the hazards associated with this type of scaffold and the procedures to control or minimize the hazards.

Issued

Apr 11, 2023

Abate by

May 25, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question.   (a) At the back of the building:  On or about 01-10-2023, the employer did not train employees involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, maintaining or inspecting a pump jack scaffold system to recognize the hazards associated with the work being performed.