OSHA Inspection: EXTERIOR MAINTENANCE LLC

Issued

2023-10-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $4688.00

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) 6 Walnut Ln Colonia, NJ 07067  The employer did not have the working levels of the scaffold, where employees were working fully planked. This condition exposed employees to falls of approx. 18 feet.   Hazard noted on or about 07/05/23

Issued

2023-10-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $4688.00

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 other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.   A) 6 Walnut Ln Colonia, NJ 07067  Employees were accessing the upper levels of the scaffold by climbing the exterior of the scaffold to access the upper levels. No safe means of access was provided.  Hazard noted on or about 07/05/23

Issued

2023-10-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $4688.00

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) 6 Walnut Ln Colonia, NJ 07067  Two employees working from tubular welded scaffold were not protected from falling off the back and sides of the scaffold which was missing fall protection systems. This condition exposed employees to falls of approx. 18 feet.   Hazard noted on or about 07/05/23

Issued

2023-10-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-11-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $4688.00

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) 6 Walnut Ln Colonia, NJ 07067  Employees working from tubular welded scaffold approximately 18ft high without fall protection and proper decking were not trained to recognize hazards associated with tubular welded scaffolds.  Hazard noted on or about 07/05/23