OSHA Inspection: SUMITOMO MITSUI CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD.

Issued

2024-06-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8816.00 · Current $6171.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(6)(i): Unless the snaphook is a locking type and designed for the following connections, snaphooks shall not be engaged directly to webbing, rope or wire rope:  Tube and coupler scaffold on entrance side of the building: A snap hook not designed for tie back attachment was engaged directly onto the shock absorbing lanyard webbing. Employees were exposed to fall hazards.

Issued

2024-06-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5288.00 · Current $3702.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.701: All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and into which employees could fall, was not guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement:  Entrance side of the building: Multiple pieces of rebar protruded from the top of the rebar grid and were not guarded. Employees were exposed to impalement hazards.

Issued

2024-06-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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)  Rebar tying Scaffold on the entrance side of the building: Employees were working from a scaffold that was not fully planked. Employees were exposed to fall hazards.

Issued

2024-06-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.  a. Rebar tying Scaffold on the office side of the building: Crossbraces were used to climb onto the scaffold work platform. Employees were exposed to fall hazards.  b. Rebar tying Scaffold on the entrance side of the building: Crossbraces were used to climb onto the scaffold work platform. Employees were exposed to fall hazards.

Issued

2024-06-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(16)(iii): Personal fall arrest systems, when stopping a fall, were not rigged such that an employee could not free fall more than 6 feet (1.8 m) nor contact any lower level:  On the Column Form: An employee was wearing a personal fall arrest system rigged in a way the employee would contact the lower surface in the event of a fall. Employees were exposed to fall hazards.

Issued

2024-06-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladders were used for purposes other than the purposes for which they were designed:  Adjacent to the Column Form: A Werner 10-foot step ladder was not secured from side loading when accessing the column form.  Employees were exposed to fall hazards.