Inspection Type |
Planned
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Scope |
Partial
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Safety/Health |
Safety
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Close Conference |
2019-11-26
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Emphasis |
L: FALL, P: FALL
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Related Activity
Type |
Inspection |
Activity Nr |
1447724 |
Safety |
Yes |
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Violation Items
Citation ID |
01001 |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19260451 B01 |
Issuance Date |
2020-05-22 |
Abatement Due Date |
2020-06-18 |
Current Penalty |
4048.0 |
Initial Penalty |
4048.0 |
Contest Date |
2020-06-12 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
Nr Exposed |
3 |
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) At the southeast section of a six tiered supported scaffold system, an employee installing exterior tile was standing on the top tier of the scaffold that was not fully planked or decked, exposing to an approximately 40 ft. fall hazard. As observed on November 26, 2019. B) At the east section of a six tiered supported scaffold system, an employee installing exterior tile was standing on the top tier of the scaffold that was not fully planked or decked, exposing to an approximately 40 ft. fall hazard. As observed on November 26, 2019. |
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Citation ID |
01002 |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19260451 E01 |
Issuance Date |
2020-05-22 |
Abatement Due Date |
2020-06-18 |
Current Penalty |
4048.0 |
Initial Penalty |
4048.0 |
Contest Date |
2020-06-12 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
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, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used: A) At the construction site at 4602 North Armenia Tampa, employees were working on a six tiered supported scaffold system at approximately 40 feet that lacked access ladders and crossbraces were used as a means of access. As observed on November 26, 2019. |
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Citation ID |
01003 |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19260451 F03 |
Issuance Date |
2020-05-22 |
Abatement Due Date |
2020-06-18 |
Current Penalty |
4048.0 |
Initial Penalty |
4048.0 |
Contest Date |
2020-06-12 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
Nr Exposed |
3 |
Gravity |
10 |
FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Citation text line |
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) At the construction jobsite in 4602 North Armenia Tampa, the six tiered supported scaffold system used by employees to install tiles at approximately 40 feet high had not been inspected by a competent person. Visible safety deficiencies in the scaffold system such as, but not limited to, not fully planked at work level, missing guardrail system at work level, missing mudsills and lacking access ladders exposed employees to fall hazards. As observed on November 26, 2019. |
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Citation ID |
01004 |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19260451 G01 |
Issuance Date |
2020-05-22 |
Abatement Due Date |
2020-06-18 |
Current Penalty |
4048.0 |
Initial Penalty |
4048.0 |
Contest Date |
2020-06-12 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
Nr Exposed |
3 |
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) At the east and southeast sections of a six tiered supported scaffold system, employees installing exterior tile were standing on the top tier of the scaffold without a guardrail system, exposing to an approximately 40 ft. fall hazard. As observed on November 26, 2019. |
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Citation ID |
01005 |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19260453 B02 V |
Issuance Date |
2020-05-22 |
Abatement Due Date |
2020-06-18 |
Current Penalty |
2892.0 |
Initial Penalty |
2892.0 |
Contest Date |
2020-06-12 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
Nr Exposed |
1 |
Gravity |
5 |
FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v): A body belt was not worn and/or a lanyard was not attached to the boom or basket when working from an aerial lift: A) At the construction site in 4602 North Armenia Tampa, the operator of a A Sky Power JLG aerial lift was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 40 feet in that he was not wearing a personal fall arrest system. As observed on November 26, 2019. |
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Citation ID |
01006 |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19260501 B14 |
Issuance Date |
2020-05-22 |
Abatement Due Date |
2020-06-18 |
Current Penalty |
4048.0 |
Initial Penalty |
4048.0 |
Contest Date |
2020-06-12 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
Nr Exposed |
3 |
Gravity |
10 |
FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(14): Each employee working on, at, above, or near wall openings (including those with chutes attached) where the outside bottom edge of the wall opening is 6 feet or more above lower levels and the inside bottom edge of the wall opening A) At the Xenia Medical Office Building construction in 4602 North Armenia Tampa, employees that gained access to the scaffold system from a window on the third story of the building were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 40 feet. As observed on November 26, 2019. |
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Citation ID |
02001 |
Citaton Type |
Other |
Standard Cited |
19260451 C02 |
Issuance Date |
2020-05-22 |
Abatement Due Date |
2020-06-18 |
Current Penalty |
325.0 |
Initial Penalty |
325.0 |
Contest Date |
2020-06-12 |
Nr Instances |
2 |
Nr Exposed |
4 |
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: A) At the Xenia Medical Office Building construction in 4602 North Armenia Tampa, mudsills were not used on two legs of a six tiered supported scaffold. Employees were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 40 feet as observed on November 26, 2019. |
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Citation ID |
02002 |
Citaton Type |
Other |
Standard Cited |
19260503 A01 |
Issuance Date |
2020-05-22 |
Abatement Due Date |
2020-06-18 |
Current Penalty |
325.0 |
Initial Penalty |
325.0 |
Contest Date |
2020-06-12 |
Nr Instances |
2 |
Nr Exposed |
4 |
FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards: A) At the construction jobsite in 4602 North Armenia Tampa, employees working from supported scaffolds systems and aerial lifts had not been trained by the employer in the recognition of fall hazards and fall protection. Employees were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 40 feet, as observed on November 26, 2019. |
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