Inspection Type |
Planned
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Scope |
Partial
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Safety/Health |
Safety
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Close Conference |
2013-03-14
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Emphasis |
L: FALL, P: FALL
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Case Closed |
2013-09-13
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Related Activity
Type |
Inspection |
Activity Nr |
896002 |
Safety |
Yes |
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Type |
Inspection |
Activity Nr |
896072 |
Safety |
Yes |
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Type |
Inspection |
Activity Nr |
896078 |
Safety |
Yes |
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Violation Items
Citation ID |
01001 |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19260451 B01 |
Issuance Date |
2013-08-14 |
Abatement Due Date |
2013-08-26 |
Current Penalty |
1000.0 |
Initial Penalty |
2000.0 |
Final Order |
2013-08-27 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
Nr Exposed |
2 |
Gravity |
5 |
FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Citation text line |
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 03/14/2013, at the above addressed worksite, employees working on a scaffold that was not fully planked were exposed to a fall hazard. PLEASE NOTE: CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION. |
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Citation ID |
01002A |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19260451 C02 |
Issuance Date |
2013-08-14 |
Abatement Due Date |
2013-08-26 |
Current Penalty |
1000.0 |
Initial Penalty |
2000.0 |
Final Order |
2013-08-27 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
Nr Exposed |
2 |
Gravity |
5 |
FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation: On or about 03/14/2013, at the above addressed worksite, employees working on a scaffold that did not have base plates and was not installed on a firm foundation were exposed to a fall hazard. PLEASE NOTE: CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION. |
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Citation ID |
01002B |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19260451 C02 I |
Issuance Date |
2013-08-14 |
Abatement Due Date |
2013-08-26 |
Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
Final Order |
2013-08-27 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
Nr Exposed |
2 |
Gravity |
5 |
FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(i): Footings were not level, sound, rigid, and capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement: On or about 03/14/2013, at the above addressed worksite, employees were working on a scaffold that was not installed on a secure footing exposing them to a fall hazard. PLEASE NOTE: CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION. |
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Citation ID |
01003 |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19260451 E01 |
Issuance Date |
2013-08-14 |
Abatement Due Date |
2013-08-26 |
Current Penalty |
800.0 |
Initial Penalty |
1600.0 |
Final Order |
2013-08-27 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
Nr Exposed |
2 |
Gravity |
5 |
FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Citation text line |
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, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used: On or about 03/14/2013, at the above addressed worksite, employees working on a scaffold did not have a ladder for access to the scaffold platform exposing them to a fall hazard. PLEASE NOTE: CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION. |
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Citation ID |
01004 |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19260451 F07 |
Issuance Date |
2013-08-14 |
Abatement Due Date |
2013-08-26 |
Current Penalty |
1000.0 |
Initial Penalty |
2000.0 |
Final Order |
2013-08-27 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
Nr Exposed |
2 |
Gravity |
5 |
FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Citation text line |
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: On or about 03/14/2013, at the above addressed worksite, two levels of scaffolding had been erected without the direction of a competent person exposing the employees working on a scaffold to a fall hazard. PLEASE NOTE: CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION. |
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Citation ID |
01005 |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19260451 G04 I |
Issuance Date |
2013-08-14 |
Abatement Due Date |
2013-08-26 |
Current Penalty |
1000.0 |
Initial Penalty |
2000.0 |
Final Order |
2013-08-27 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
Nr Exposed |
2 |
Gravity |
5 |
FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms: On or about 03/14/2013, at the above addressed worksite, employees were working on a scaffold that did not have guardrails along all open sides exposing them to a fall hazard. PLEASE NOTE: CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION. |
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Citation ID |
01006A |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19260454 A |
Issuance Date |
2013-08-14 |
Abatement Due Date |
2013-08-26 |
Current Penalty |
1000.0 |
Initial Penalty |
2000.0 |
Final Order |
2013-08-27 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
Nr Exposed |
2 |
Gravity |
5 |
FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Citation text line |
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: On or about 03/14/2013, at the above addressed worksite, employees working on a scaffold had not been trained to recognize hazards associated with scaffolding thus exposing them to fall hazards. PLEASE NOTE: CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION. |
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Citation ID |
01006B |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19260454 B |
Issuance Date |
2013-08-14 |
Abatement Due Date |
2013-08-26 |
Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
Final Order |
2013-08-27 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
Nr Exposed |
2 |
Gravity |
5 |
FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee 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 question: On or about 03/14/2013, at the above addressed worksite, employees erecting scaffolds had not been trained to recognize the hazards associated with scaffolding thus exposing them to fall hazards. PLEASE NOTE: CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION. |
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Citation ID |
01007 |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19260501 B13 |
Issuance Date |
2013-08-14 |
Abatement Due Date |
2013-08-26 |
Current Penalty |
1000.0 |
Initial Penalty |
2000.0 |
Final Order |
2013-08-27 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
Nr Exposed |
2 |
Gravity |
5 |
FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b): On or about 03/14/2013, at the above addressed worksite, employees working on the second level balcony applying plaster to the walls. The east side of the balcony had an opening that did not have any fall protection exposing the employees to a fall hazard. PLEASE NOTE: CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION. |
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Citation ID |
02001 |
Citaton Type |
Other |
Standard Cited |
19101200 E01 |
Issuance Date |
2013-08-14 |
Abatement Due Date |
2013-08-26 |
Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
Final Order |
2013-08-27 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
Nr Exposed |
2 |
FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Citation text line |
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met: On or about 03/14/2013, at the above addressed worksite, the employer did not have a Hazard Communication program exposing the employees to chemical hazards associated with the materials they were using such as the silica in the stucco materials. PLEASE NOTE: CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION. |
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