OSHA Inspection: DYLANS CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

2024-02-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-03-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $4839.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain such programs as may be necessary to comply with this part.   a) Jobsite located at 148 West Cumberland Street Philadelphia, PA.: The employer did not initiate or maintain an accident prevention program to address the associated hazards that employees are exposed to during siding activities, such as but not limited to electrical and fall hazards.  Condition was noted to exist on or about August 8, 2023.

Issued

2024-02-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-02-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $4839.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(3): Before work began, the employer did not ascertain by inquiry, direct observation, or by instruments, whether any part of an energized electric power circuit, exposed or concealed, was so located that the performance of the work could bring any person, tool, or machine into physical or electrical contact with the electric power circuit.   The employer did not post and maintain proper warning signs where such a circuit exists. The employer did not advise employees of the location of such lines, the hazards involved, and the protective measures to be taken.  a) Jobsite located at 148 West Cumberland Street Philadelphia, PA.: Prior to conducting siding activities from the working platform of a pump jack scaffold, approximately 25 feet above the ground level, the employer did not post warning signs or advise the employees of the location and hazards of the 13.2kv overhead power line within approximately 2 feet from the work activity, and the protective measures to be taken, thus exposing the employee to electric shock hazards.   Documented to occur on or about August 8, 2023.

Issued

2024-02-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-02-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $4839.00

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) Jobsite located at 148 West Cumberland Street Philadelphia, PA. - The Employer did not ensure that the pump jack scaffold poles were erected on a firm foundation by utilizing mud sills thus exposing employees conducting siding activities from the scaffold to collapse hazards.  Condition was observed on or about August 8, 2023.

Issued

2024-02-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-02-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $4839.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(f)(6): Scaffolds were erected, used, dismantled, altered, or moved such that they or any conductive material handled on them was within 10 feet of exposed and energized power lines less then 50 kv.  a)Jobsite: 148 West Cumberland Street Philadelphia, PA.- The employer did not ensure the clearance between the pump jack scaffold erected for use at the site and the uninsulated 13.2kV over head power line were at a minimum distance of ten feet. Employees were conducting siding activities from the scaffold that was erected approximately two feet from the uninsulated energized overhead power line, thereby exposing employees to electrical hazards.  Condition was observed on or about August 8, 2023.

Issued

2024-02-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-02-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $4839.00

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. Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person:  a) Jobsite located at 148 West Cumberland Street Philadelphia, PA.- The employer did not ensure that the pump jack scaffold was erected under the supervision of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, thereby exposing employees to fall hazards of approximately 25 feet above the ground.  Condition was noted on or about August 8, 2023.

Issued

2024-02-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-02-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $4839.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.   a) Jobsite located at 148 West Cumberland Street Philadelphia, PA.- The employer did not ensure that employees conducting siding activities from a pump jack scaffold, approximately 25 feet above the ground level, were protected from fall hazards by the use of a fall protection system.  Condition was observed on or about August 8, 2023.

Issued

2024-02-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-02-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $4839.00

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) Jobsite located at 148 West Cumberland Street Philadelphia, PA.: The employer did not train employees conducting siding activities from a pump jack scaffold, who were exposed to an approximate 25 foot fall hazard, to recognize the hazards associated with working from scaffolds and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.  Documented to occur on or about August 8, 2023.