| Inspection Type |
Complaint
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| Scope |
Partial
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| Safety/Health |
Safety
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| Close Conference |
2023-07-11
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| Emphasis |
N: FALL
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| Case Closed |
2023-10-12
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Related Activity
| Type |
Complaint |
| Activity Nr |
2052084 |
| Safety |
Yes |
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Violation Items
| Citation ID |
01001A |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 A01 |
| Issuance Date |
2023-09-19 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2023-11-03 |
| Current Penalty |
2812.8 |
| Initial Penalty |
4688.0 |
| Final Order |
2023-09-28 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
1 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.451(a)(1): Each scaffold and/or scaffold component was not capable of supporting, without failure, its own weight and at least 4 times the maximum intended load applied or transmitted to it. (a) Worksite - Side of the building: On or about 07/11/2023, the employer allowed employees to utilize non-scaffold-grade planks as the walking/working surface of the scaffold. |
|
| Citation ID |
01001B |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 C02 |
| Issuance Date |
2023-09-19 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2023-11-03 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
| Final Order |
2023-09-28 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
1 |
| 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 and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation. (a) Worksite - Side of the building: On or about 07/11/2023, the employer allowed employees to assemble and use a pump jack scaffold system with 4 of the uprights resting on the ground, not bearing on base plates and mud sills, or another adequate firm foundation. |
|
| Citation ID |
01001C |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 F07 |
| Issuance Date |
2023-09-19 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2023-11-03 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
| Final Order |
2023-09-28 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
1 |
| 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)Worksite - Side of the building: On or about 07/11/2023, the employer allowed employees to assemble and use a pump jack scaffold system without supervision by a competent person qualified in scaffold erection in that the scaffold was missing a mid-rail, base plates, mud sills, and fall protection. |
|
| Citation ID |
01001D |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 G01 |
| Issuance Date |
2023-09-19 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2023-11-03 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
| Final Order |
2023-09-28 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
1 |
| Related Event Code (REC) |
Imminent Danger |
| 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)Worksite - Side of the building: On or about 07/11/2023, the employer allowed employees to assemble and use a pump jack scaffold system, at a height of approximately 16 feet above the lower level, without any means of fall protection. |
|
| Citation ID |
01002A |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260452 J02 |
| Issuance Date |
2023-09-19 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2023-11-03 |
| Current Penalty |
2812.8 |
| Initial Penalty |
4688.0 |
| Final Order |
2023-09-28 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
1 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2): Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary. (a) Worksite - Side of the building: On or about 07/11/2023, the employer allowed employees to assemble and use a pump jack scaffold system with 4 upright poles not secured to the bottom of the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent, thus exposing employees to scaffold collapse and fall hazards. |
|
| Citation ID |
01002B |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260452 J07 |
| Issuance Date |
2023-09-19 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2023-11-03 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
| Final Order |
2023-09-28 |
| Nr Instances |
2 |
| Nr Exposed |
1 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.452(j)(7): When two by fours are spliced to make a pole, mending plates shall be installed at all splices to develop the full strength of the member. (a) Worksite - Side of the building: On or about 07/11/2023, the employer allowed employees to assemble and use a pump jack scaffold system with 4 upright poles constructed from two-by-four lumber that was spliced together without mending plates installed at all splices, thus exposing employees to scaffold collapse and fall hazards. |
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