OSHA Inspection: STRUCTURE-CON LLC

Issued

Jun 25, 2024

Abate by

Jul 15, 2024

Penalty

Initial $6,452 · Current $3,871 Reduced

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm in that employees were exposed to fall, struck by and caught-in between hazards:  On or about 1/4/2024 and at times prior, at Building #88, 107 Spring Lake Court, Vero Beach, Florida, 32962, employees were exposed to fall, struck by and caught-in between hazards while riding in the loader and/or standing in the rear of a tractor.

Issued

Jun 25, 2024

Abate by

Jul 15, 2024

Penalty

Initial $2,765 · Current $1,659 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.95(a): Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, were not provided:  On or about 1/4/2024 and at times prior, at Building #88, 107 Spring Lake Court, Vero Beach, Florida 32962, employees were exposed to a chemical hazard while performing concrete restoration work using hazardous materials such as, but not limited to portland cement,  without gloves and safety glasses.

Issued

Jun 25, 2024

Abate by

Jul 15, 2024

Penalty

Initial $5,531 · Current $3,319 Reduced

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):  On or about 1/4/2024 and at times prior, at Building #88, 107 Spring Lake Court, Vero Beach, Florida 32962, employees were exposed to a 7-foot fall hazard while performing concrete restoration work from a tubular welded frame scaffold that was not fully planked.

Issued

Jun 25, 2024

Abate by

Jul 15, 2024

Penalty

Initial $5,531 · Current $3,319 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  On or about 1/04/2024 and at times prior, at Building #88, 107 Spring Lake Court, Vero Beach, Florida 32962, employees were exposed to a 7-foot fall hazard while performing concrete restoration work from a tubular welded frame scaffold that lacked mudsills and/or base plates.

Issued

Jun 25, 2024

Abate by

Jul 15, 2024

Penalty

Initial $5,531 · Current $3,319 Reduced

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. Cross braces were used as a means of access.  On or about 1/4/2024 and at times prior, at Building #88, 107 Spring Lake Court, Vero Beach, Florida 32962, employees were exposed to a 7-foot fall hazard while performing concrete restoration work from a tubular welded frame scaffold that lacked an adequate access.

Issued

Jun 25, 2024

Abate by

Jul 15, 2024

Penalty

Initial $5,531 · Current $3,319 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): Tubular welded frames and panels were not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which would have secured vertical members together laterally:  On or about 1/4/2024 and at times prior, at Building #88, 107 Spring Lake Court, Vero Beach, Florida 32962, employees were exposed to a 7-foot fall hazard while performing concrete restoration work from a tubular welded frame scaffold that lacked a cross brace.

Issued

Jun 25, 2024

Abate by

Jul 15, 2024

Penalty

Initial $5,531 · Current $3,319 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performs work while on a scaffold(s) trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize those hazards associated with the type of scaffold(s) being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards:  On or about 1/4/2024 and at times prior, at Building #88, 107 Spring Lake Court, Vero Beach, Florida 32962, employees were exposed to a 7-foot fall hazard while performing concrete restoration work from a tubular welded frame scaffold without training.

Issued

Jun 25, 2024

Abate by

Jul 15, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee who was 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:  On or about 1/4/2024 and at times prior, at Building #88, 107 Spring Lake Court, Vero Beach, Florida 32962, employees who erected scaffolding were not trained, exposing employees who worked from a tubular welding frame scaffold while performing concrete restoration work to a 7-foot fall hazard.