| Inspection Type |
Complaint
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| Scope |
Partial
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| Safety/Health |
Safety
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| Close Conference |
2013-10-24
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| Emphasis |
L: FALL
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| Case Closed |
2014-09-03
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Related Activity
| Type |
Complaint |
| Activity Nr |
856156 |
| Safety |
Yes |
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Violation Items
| Citation ID |
01001A |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 B01 |
| Issuance Date |
2013-11-06 |
| Current Penalty |
800.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
1700.0 |
| Final Order |
2013-12-05 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
1 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Platform(s) on all working levels of scaffolds, were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and guardrail supports such that the space between adjacent units, and the space between the platform and the uprights is no more than one inch wide: (a) South Elevation, New Elevator Shaft - on or about October 24, 2013 - the work deck on the tubular welded framed scaffold system was not fully planked. |
|
| Citation ID |
01001B |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 F07 |
| Issuance Date |
2013-11-06 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2013-11-13 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
| Final Order |
2013-12-05 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
1 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| 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) South Elevation, New Elevator Shaft - on or about October 24, 2013 - the tubular welded framed scaffold system was not erected by a scaffold competent person. Components such as; base plates, coupling pins and adequate planking on the work deck were missing. |
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| Citation ID |
01001C |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260454 A |
| Issuance Date |
2013-11-06 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2013-11-17 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
| Final Order |
2013-12-05 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
1 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| 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) South Elevation, New Elevator Shaft - on or about October 24, 2013 - the employee that was working from the tubular welded framed scaffold system was not trained in the recognition and avoidance of hazards that are involved with these types of scaffold systems. |
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| Citation ID |
01002 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 C02 |
| Issuance Date |
2013-11-06 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2013-11-13 |
| Current Penalty |
1000.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2000.0 |
| Final Order |
2013-12-05 |
| 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, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation: (a) South Elevation, New Elevator Shaft - on or about October 24, 2013 - the poles on the tubular welded framed scaffold system were not supported on an adequate foundation. Base plates were not installed on the scaffold legs. |
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| Citation ID |
01003 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260502 D15 |
| Issuance Date |
2013-11-06 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2013-11-13 |
| Current Penalty |
1000.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2000.0 |
| Final Order |
2013-12-05 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
1 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.502(d)(15): Anchorage used for attachment for personal fall arrest equipment was not capable of supporting at least 5,000 pounds (22.2 kN) per employee attached nor was it designed, installed and used as follows: As part of a complete personal fall arrest system which maintains a safety factor of at least two; and under the supervision of a qualified person: (a) South Elevation, New Elevator Shaft - on or about October 24, 2013 - the personal fall arrest anchorage point that the iron worker employee was tied off to was not designed to withstand a 5,000 pound load. |
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| Citation ID |
01004 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260503 C |
| Issuance Date |
2013-11-06 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2013-11-13 |
| Current Penalty |
700.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
1200.0 |
| Final Order |
2013-12-05 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
1 |
| Gravity |
1 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.503(c): The employer did not retrain affected employees who already had been trained but demonstrated inadequate understanding and skill required by paragraph (a) of this section: (a) South Elevation, New Elevator Shaft - on or about October 24, 2013 - the employer did not retrain iron worker employees in the proper set up of anchorage points for personal fall arrest systems. |
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| Citation ID |
02001 |
| Citaton Type |
Other |
| Standard Cited |
19260452 C03 |
| Issuance Date |
2013-11-06 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
| Final Order |
2013-12-05 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
1 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.452(c)(3): Frames and panels were not joined together vertically by coupling or stacking pins or equivalent means: (a) South Elevation, New Elevator Shaft - on or about October 24, 2013 - the vertically stacked frames of the scaffold system were not properly joined together by the use of coupling pins or equivalent means. |
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