OSHA Inspection: WM FRAMING, LLC

Issued

2024-10-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $3803.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(2)(ii): Where scaffolds must be used in areas that the employer can demonstrate are so narrow that platforms and walkways cannot be at least 18 inches (46 cm) wide, such platforms and walkways were not as wide as feasible:  a)  At 980 West Beach Boulevard, Gulf Shores, Alabama:  On October 22, 2024; the employer allowed his employee to perform framing activities from a job made scaffold with a work platform that measured only 10 inches wide exposing his employee to a fall hazard of 35 feet to the ground below.

Issued

2024-10-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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)  At 980 West Beach Boulevard, Gulf Shores, Alabama:  On October 22, 2024; the employer allowed his employee to perform framing activities from a job made scaffold without fall protection exposing his employee to a fall hazard of 35 feet to the ground below.

Issued

2024-10-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-11-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5323.00 · Current $5323.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(2)(iv): Front-end loaders and similar pieces of equipment were used to support scaffold platforms when they were not specifically designed by the manufacturer for such use:  a)  At 980 West Beach Boulevard, Gulf Shores, Alabama:  On October 22, 2024; the employer permitted his employees to work from a basket that was being elevated by a JLG Rough Terrain forklift that was not approved for use by the manufacturer exposing employees to a fall hazard of up to 35 feet to the ground below.