OSHA Inspection: VDJ CONTRACTOR LLC

Issued

Sep 14, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,679 · Current $2,679

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii)   a) Front of Building: Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 6 feet while working on a pipe  scaffold that was not fully planked, on or about 4/10/23.

Issued

Sep 14, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $4,688

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii): The end of a platform greater than 10 feet in length extended over its support more than 18 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end.  a) Building Exterior: Employees were exposed to a 16 foot fall hazard while engaged in roofing activities from a ladder jack scaffold that was 24 feet long. The end of the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform was able to support employees without tipping, the pump jack scaffold had a 6 foot overhang over the support, on or about 4/10/22

Issued

Sep 14, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $4,688

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:  a) Building Exterior: Employees were working on a pump jack scaffold that was not plumb and braced at the bottom to prevent swaying and displacement, on or about 4/10/23

Issued

Sep 14, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $4,688

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.  a) Building Exterior: Employees were exposed to a 15 foot fall while engaged in siding activities from a pump Jack scaffold, without utilizing end rails or personal fall arrest system, on or about 4/10/23.

Issued

Sep 14, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,679 · Current $2,679

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.452(e)(3):Diagonal braces should be installed between squares on the rear and front sides of the scaffold, and shall extend from the bottom of each square to the top of the next square.  a) Building front/right side: Employees were working on a tubular welded pipe scaffold with missing cross braces. The scaffold did not had cross braces  on the outer side, on or about 4/10/23.

Issued

Sep 14, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $4,688

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.  Building Exterior: Employees were working on a pump jack scaffold that was not secured at the bottom by rigid triangular or equivalent braces, on or about 4/10/23.

Issued

Sep 14, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $4,688

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.701(b):1926.701(b):  All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and into which employees could fall, was not guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement:  a) Building exterior right side:  Employees were exposed to impalement while working next to galvanized steel fence with exposed  pipes, on or about 4/10/23.

Issued

Sep 14, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,018 · Current $4,018

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladders were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:  a) Building Exterior: Employees were using an aluminum extension ladder as a work bench and a top rail on a pump jack scaffold, on or about 4/10/23.