Inspection Type |
Planned
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Scope |
Complete
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Safety/Health |
Safety
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Close Conference |
2012-10-29
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Emphasis |
L: FALL
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Case Closed |
2015-11-25
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Violation Items
Citation ID |
01001A |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19260451 C01 II |
Issuance Date |
2012-12-03 |
Current Penalty |
2400.0 |
Initial Penalty |
2400.0 |
Final Order |
2013-02-08 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
Nr Exposed |
4 |
Gravity |
5 |
FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1)(ii): Supported scaffolds with a height to base width (including outrigger supports, if used) ratio of more than four to one (4:1) were not restrained from tipping by installing guys, ties, and braces: a. On or about October 29, 2012, employees were not protected from a collapse hazard, in that on a 4 buck tubular welded scaffold system, there were no ties, guys or bracing installed. |
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Citation ID |
01001B |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19260451 E01 |
Issuance Date |
2012-12-03 |
Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
Final Order |
2013-02-08 |
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, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used. End frames were used as a means of access. a. On or about October 29, 2012, employees performing stucco operations used the end frames as a means of access/egress, exposing the employees to a fall hazard. |
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Citation ID |
01001C |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19260451 G01 V |
Issuance Date |
2012-12-03 |
Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
Final Order |
2013-02-08 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
Nr Exposed |
1 |
Gravity |
10 |
FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(v): Each employee on a walkway located within a scaffold was not protected by a guardrail system (with a minimum 200 pound toprail capacity) installed within 9.5 inches (24.1 cm) of and along at least one side of the walkway: a. On or about October 29, 2012, on a 4 buck tubular welded scaffold system, an employee placing stucco was not protected from a 21 feet 2-inch fall hazard, in that the employee was not protected by a guardrail system. |
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Citation ID |
01001D |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19260454 A |
Issuance Date |
2012-12-03 |
Abatement Due Date |
2012-12-27 |
Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
Final Order |
2013-02-08 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
Nr Exposed |
4 |
Gravity |
1 |
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 October 29, 2012, employees were not trained to recoginze control or minimize hazards while performing stucco work from a tubular welded scaffold system. |
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Citation ID |
01001E |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19260454 B |
Issuance Date |
2012-12-03 |
Abatement Due Date |
2012-12-27 |
Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
Final Order |
2013-02-08 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
Nr Exposed |
4 |
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: a. On or about October 29, 2012, employees who erected a 4 buck scaffold system were not trained by a competent person to recognize, control or minimize hazards, in that the scaffold system was not assembled properly. |
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