OSHA Inspection: DMF CONSTRUCTION SERVICES INC

Issued

Jun 26, 2024

Abate by

Jul 23, 2024

Penalty

Initial $6,452 · Current $3,871 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)  a) On or about May 06, 2024, at 8532 Crystal Downs Avenue, Boca Raton, FL 33434, the employer did not ensure each platform on all working levels of scaffolds system was fully planked, thus exposing employees to a 12-foot fall hazard.

Issued

Jun 26, 2024

Abate by

Jul 23, 2024

Penalty

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

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) On or about May 06, 2024, at 8532 Crystal Downs Avenue, Boca Raton, FL 33434, the scaffold system lacked mud sills or other adequate firm foundation, exposing employees to a fall, struck by and/or crushed by hazard.

Issued

Jun 26, 2024

Abate by

Jul 23, 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.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.  a) On or about May 06, 2024, at 8532 Crystal Downs Avenue, Boca Raton, FL 33434, on the north side of the house, the scaffold system did not have a ladder, exposing employees to a 12-foot fall hazard.

Issued

Jun 26, 2024

Abate by

Jul 23, 2024

Penalty

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

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) On or about May 06, 2024, at 8532 Crystal Downs Avenue, Boca Raton, FL 33434, on the north side of the house, the scaffold system had a cross brace as the guardrail, but it was missing a top rail, exposing employees to a 14-foot fall hazard.

Issued

Jun 26, 2024

Abate by

Jul 9, 2024

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1): Each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects.  For falling objects too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected, the employer did not place and secure such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall.   a) On or about May 06, 2024, at 8532 Crystal Downs Avenue, Boca Raton, FL 33434, the employer did not ensure each employee on a scaffold was provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects, exposing employees to struck-by hazard.

Issued

Jun 26, 2024

Abate by

Jul 23, 2024

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): Frames and panels were not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which would secure vertical members together laterally, and the cross braces were not of such length as would automatically square  a) On or about May 06, 2024, at 8532 Crystal Downs Avenue, Boca Raton, FL 33434, the employer did not ensure frames and panels were braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, exposing employees to a fall, struck by and/or crushed by hazard.

Issued

Jun 26, 2024

Abate by

Aug 2, 2024

Penalty

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

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) On or about May 06, 2024, at 8532 Crystal Downs Avenue, Boca Raton, FL 33434, the employer did not ensure each employee preforming stucco work on a scaffold system were adequately trained by a qualified person to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures  to recognize hazards and methods to control those hazards, exposing employees to a fall, struck by and/or crushed by hazard.