| Inspection Type |
Planned
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| Scope |
Complete
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| Safety/Health |
Safety
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| Close Conference |
2014-05-12
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| Emphasis |
L: FALL, P: FALL
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| Case Closed |
2015-06-04
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Violation Items
| Citation ID |
01001 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260100 A |
| Issuance Date |
2014-05-28 |
| Current Penalty |
1020.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
1700.0 |
| Final Order |
2014-06-20 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
1 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets: a. On or about May 9, 2014, an employee working directly below other employees was not wearing his hard hat, exposing himself to overhead hazards. |
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| Citation ID |
01002A |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 B01 |
| Issuance Date |
2014-05-28 |
| Current Penalty |
2940.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
4900.0 |
| Final Order |
2014-06-20 |
| Nr Instances |
2 |
| Nr Exposed |
2 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| 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): a. On or about May 9, 2014, the scaffold platform erected between the first and second floor was not fully planked, exposing an employee to a 16 feet fall hazard. b. On or about May 9, 2014, the scaffold platform erected above the second floor was not fully planked, exposing an employee to a 26 feet fall hazard. |
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| Citation ID |
01002B |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 E01 |
| Issuance Date |
2014-05-28 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
| Final Order |
2014-06-20 |
| Nr Instances |
2 |
| Nr Exposed |
2 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| 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. Crossbraces were used as a means of access. a. On or about May 9, 2014, the scaffold platform erected between the first and second floor did not have a ladder or other safe means of access, exposing an employee to a fall hazard. b. On or about May 9, 2014, the scaffold platform erected above the second floor did not have a ladder or other safe means of access, exposing an employee to a fall hazard. |
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| Citation ID |
01002C |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 F07 |
| Issuance Date |
2014-05-28 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2014-07-15 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
| Final Order |
2014-06-20 |
| Nr Instances |
2 |
| Nr Exposed |
2 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| 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. a. On or about May 9, 2014, the scaffold platform between the first and second floor was not erected under the supervision of a competent person. b. On or about May 9, 2014, the scaffold platform above the second floor was not erected under the supervision of a competent person. |
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| Citation ID |
01002D |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 G01 |
| Issuance Date |
2014-05-28 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
| Final Order |
2014-06-20 |
| Nr Instances |
2 |
| Nr Exposed |
2 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
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 9, 2014, the scaffold platform erected between the first and second floor did not have adequate guardrails, exposing an employee to a 16 feet fall hazard. b. On or about May 9, 2014, the scaffold platform erected above the second floor did not have adequate guardrails, exposing an employee to a 26 feet fall hazard. |
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| Citation ID |
01002E |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260454 A |
| Issuance Date |
2014-05-28 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2014-07-15 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
| Final Order |
2014-06-20 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
2 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| 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. a. On or about May 5, 2014, employees were not trained on the fall hazards associated with working from a scaffold platform, and the procedures to control or minimize these hazards. |
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| Citation ID |
01003 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260501 B13 |
| Issuance Date |
2014-05-28 |
| Current Penalty |
2940.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
4900.0 |
| Final Order |
2014-06-20 |
| Nr Instances |
2 |
| Nr Exposed |
6 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| 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): a. On or about May 9, 2014, employees working on the first floor were not protected from the hazard of falling 10 feet by the use of guardrails, safety nets, or personal fall arrest systems. b. On or about May 9, 2014, employees working on the second floor were not protected from the hazard of falling 20 feet by the use of guardrails, safety nets, or personal fall arrest systems. |
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