| Inspection Type |
Planned
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| Scope |
Complete
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| Safety/Health |
Safety
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| Close Conference |
2013-01-30
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| Emphasis |
P: FALL, L: FALL
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| Case Closed |
2014-01-22
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Violation Items
| Citation ID |
01001 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 B01 |
| Issuance Date |
2013-03-04 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2013-03-08 |
| Current Penalty |
1960.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2800.0 |
| Final Order |
2013-03-28 |
| Nr Instances |
2 |
| Nr Exposed |
4 |
| 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 roof, employees were exposed to a fall hazard over 20 feet high from the roof to the ground below, in that, a single frame scaffold erected and used on the roof had single plank working platforms. b. At the north side of the building, employees were exposed to a 15 feet fall hazard while installing Styrofoam, in that, a tubular welded frame scaffold two frames high was used to reach elevations at the exterior wall while standing on single and three plank working platforms. |
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| Citation ID |
01002 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 C02 II |
| Issuance Date |
2013-03-04 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2013-03-08 |
| Current Penalty |
1960.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2800.0 |
| Final Order |
2013-03-28 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
2 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(ii): Unstable objects were used to support scaffolds or platform units: a. At the north side of the building, employees were standing on single plank platforms erected on top of Styrofoam bundles on the top platform of a two frame scaffold in order to reach elevations at the exterior of the building. |
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| Citation ID |
01003A |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 C02 IV |
| Issuance Date |
2013-03-04 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2013-03-08 |
| Current Penalty |
1960.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2800.0 |
| Final Order |
2013-03-28 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
1 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(iv): Front-end loaders and similar pieces of equipment were used to support scaffold platforms without being specifically designed by the manufacturer for such use: a. At the north east corner for the building, a Lull JLG 644E-42 forklift was used to support a scaffold platform consisting of a pallet which did not comply with the applicable requirements of 1926.451 for capacity, construction, access, use and fall protection and thus did not meet manufacturer design. |
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| Citation ID |
01003B |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 C02 V |
| Issuance Date |
2013-03-04 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2013-03-08 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
| Final Order |
2013-03-28 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
1 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(v): The employer used forklifts to support scaffold platforms without ensuring that the entire platform was attached to the forks: a. At the north east corner for the building, a Lull JLG 644E-42 forklift was used to support a scaffold platform consisting of a pallet without being secured to the forks exposing employees to a 20 feet fall hazard. |
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| Citation ID |
01004 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 E01 |
| Issuance Date |
2013-03-04 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2013-03-08 |
| Current Penalty |
1120.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
1600.0 |
| Final Order |
2013-03-28 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
4 |
| 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: a. North side of the building, employees were exposed to fall hazards, in that, a ladder was not used to gain access to and from scaffolding one frame and two frames high. |
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| Citation ID |
01005 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 G01 |
| Issuance Date |
2013-03-04 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2013-03-08 |
| Current Penalty |
1960.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2800.0 |
| Final Order |
2013-03-28 |
| Nr Instances |
3 |
| Nr Exposed |
4 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level. a. At the roof, employees were exposed to a fall hazard over 20 feet high, from the a scaffold erected on the roof, to the ground below, in that, a single frame scaffold had a single plank platform bridged over the parapet wall of the roof without guardrails and without any other means of fall protection implemented. b. At the north side of the building, employees were exposed to a 16 feet fall hazard, in that, a tubular welded scaffold two frames high was used to reach elevations at the exterior wall while installing Styrofoam and standing on a single plank platform erected over bundles of Styrofoam on the top scaffold frame. The railings were not raised or a section was not added to the existing railings thus exposing employees to falling over the top rail. c. At the north east corner of the building, employees were exposed to a 20 feet fall hazard, in that, while installing Styrofoam, a platform was used without guardrails while raised on the forks of a Lull JLG fork lift. The platform was a pallet raised on the forks of a Lull JLG 644E-42 forklift. |
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| Citation ID |
01006 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260452 C02 |
| Issuance Date |
2013-03-04 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2013-03-08 |
| Current Penalty |
1400.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2000.0 |
| Final Order |
2013-03-28 |
| Nr Instances |
2 |
| Nr Exposed |
4 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): Tubular welded frames and panels were not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which would have secured vertical members together laterally: a. At the north side of the building, employees were exposed to a 16 feet fall hazard, in that, a two frame scaffold and seven frames wide did not have cross braces at the inside panels. Thirteen out of fourteen panels were missing the cross braces. b. At the north side of the roof, a single frame scaffold and two frames wide was used by employees without cross braces at the inside panels. |
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| Citation ID |
01007A |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260454 A |
| Issuance Date |
2013-03-04 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2013-04-18 |
| Current Penalty |
1960.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2800.0 |
| Final Order |
2013-03-28 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
4 |
| 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 as required by paragraph (a)(1)-(5) of this section: a. At the north side of the building, employees were exposed to fall hazards, in that, while in progress of exterior finishing operations the employees were using scaffolding without being provided training and education in the following: 1. The nature of fall hazards and any falling object hazards. 2. The correct procedures for dealing with erecting, maintaining, and disassembling the fall protection system and falling object protection system being used. 3. The proper use of the scaffold, and the proper handling of material on the scaffold. 4. The maximum intended load and load carrying capacities of the scaffold. 5. Any other pertinent requirements of Subpart "L" (Scaffolds) under 29 CFR 1926. The scaffold platforms were single plank and three planks wide, cross braces were not installed at the wall side, unstable material was used to support scaffold platforms, guardrails were deficient and a palette was used on the forks of a Lull fork lift without being secured and without guardrails. |
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| Citation ID |
01007B |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260454 B |
| Issuance Date |
2013-03-04 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2013-04-18 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2800.0 |
| Final Order |
2013-03-28 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
4 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee who is involved in erecting, dismantling, assembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question: a. At the site, employees erected a scaffold at the north side of the building and at the north side of the roof without being provided training and education in at least the following 1. The nature of scaffold hazards; 2. The correct procedures for erecting, dismantling, moving, operating, repainting, inspecting, and maintaining the scaffold in question; 3. The design criteria, maximum intended load-carrying capacity and intended use of the scaffold; 4. Any other requirements of subpart L titled "Scaffolds"; The scaffold platforms were single plank and three planks wide, cross braces were not installed at the wall side, unstable material was used to support scaffold platforms, guardrails were deficient and a palette was used on the forks of a Lull fork lift without being secured and without guardrails. |
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| Citation ID |
01009 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19261053 B01 |
| Issuance Date |
2013-03-04 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2013-03-08 |
| Current Penalty |
1400.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2000.0 |
| Final Order |
2013-03-28 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
4 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed: a. At the west side of the building, a 40 feet aluminum extension ladder was used to gain access to the roof of the building without extending the ladder 3 feet above the roof surface. |
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