OSHA Inspection: BENJAMIN HAMMONDS

Issued

Jul 8, 2025

Penalty

Initial $4,965 · Current $4,965

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) 600 A Street Wilmington Delaware 19801: On or about April 22, 2025, employees were exposed to struck by hazards when the employer failed to fully plank the walking-working surfaces of the scaffold system.    b) 600 A Street Wilmington Delaware 19801 (rear Corner): On or about April 22, 2025, employees were exposed to struck by hazards when the employer failed to fully plank the walking-working surfaces of the scaffold system.

Issued

Jul 8, 2025

Penalty

Initial $4,965 · Current $4,965

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:    a) 600 A Street Wilmington Delaware 19801: On or about April 22, 2025, employees were exposed to trip over and struck by hazards when the employer failed to ensure that the pole scaffold system was installed on base plates and mud sills.

Issued

Jul 8, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(i): Footings were not level, sound, rigid and capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement:    a) 600 A Street Wilmington Delaware 19801: On or about April 22, 2025, employees were exposed to trip over and struck by hazards when the pole scaffolding system was not erected on levels footing.

Issued

Jul 8, 2025

Penalty

Initial $4,965 · Current $4,965

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) 600 A Street Wilmington Delaware 19801: On or about April 22, 2025, employees were exposed to fall hazards when the employer did not provide proper access point when changes in elevations were required to move around the scaffold system.

Issued

Jul 8, 2025

Penalty

Initial $4,256 · Current $4,256

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:   a) 600 A Street Wilmington Delaware 19801: On or about April 22, 2025, employees were exposed to fall hazards when the competent person failed to conduct inspections of the scaffold system.

Issued

Jul 8, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) 600 A Street Wilmington Delaware 19801: On or about April 22, 2025, employees were exposed to struck by and caught in hazards when the pole scaffold system was erected, moved, or dismantled by employees not trained and not under the supervision of the competent person.

Issued

Jul 8, 2025

Penalty

Initial $4,256 · Current $4,256

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) 600 A Street Wilmington Delaware 19801: On or about April 22, 2025, employees were exposed to struck by hazards when the employer failed to erect the pole scaffold system with such as but not limited to toe boards, screens, guardrail systems, or debris nets.