Inspection Type |
Planned
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Scope |
Partial
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Safety/Health |
Safety
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Close Conference |
2013-05-07
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Emphasis |
L: FALL, P: FALL
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Case Closed |
2015-02-13
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Violation Items
Citation ID |
01001 |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19260100 A |
Issuance Date |
2013-05-20 |
Abatement Due Date |
2013-05-24 |
Current Penalty |
300.0 |
Initial Penalty |
1200.0 |
Contest Date |
2013-05-24 |
Final Order |
2014-02-07 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
Nr Exposed |
1 |
Gravity |
1 |
FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns: a) Worksite, Southside - Employees working directly below ongoing stucco application did not have head protection; on or about 05/07/13. Note: The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19. |
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Citation ID |
01002 |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19260451 B01 |
Issuance Date |
2013-05-20 |
Abatement Due Date |
2013-05-24 |
Current Penalty |
450.0 |
Initial Penalty |
2000.0 |
Contest Date |
2013-05-24 |
Final Order |
2014-02-07 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
Nr Exposed |
1 |
Gravity |
5 |
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) Worksite, Southside - Employees were working from a fabricated frame scaffold. The scaffold platforms were not fully planked; on or about 05/07/13. Note: The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19. |
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Citation ID |
01003 |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19260451 C03 |
Issuance Date |
2013-05-20 |
Abatement Due Date |
2013-05-24 |
Current Penalty |
450.0 |
Initial Penalty |
2000.0 |
Contest Date |
2013-05-24 |
Final Order |
2014-02-07 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
Nr Exposed |
1 |
Gravity |
5 |
FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(3): Supported scaffold poles, legs, post, frames, and/or uprights were not plumb and braced to prevent swaying and displacement: a) Worksite, Southside - Employees were applying stucco to the exterior of a building from a fabricated frame scaffold. The scaffold was plumb but not braced, where the scaffold meets the building; on or about 05/07/13. Note: The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19. |
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Citation ID |
01004 |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19260451 E01 |
Issuance Date |
2013-05-20 |
Abatement Due Date |
2013-05-24 |
Current Penalty |
450.0 |
Initial Penalty |
2000.0 |
Contest Date |
2013-05-24 |
Final Order |
2014-02-07 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
Nr Exposed |
1 |
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, strucure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used. Cross braces were used as a means of access. a) Worksite, Southside - Employees working on a fabricated fram scaffold used the cross braces to access the scaffold platform; on or about 05/07/12. Note: The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19. |
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Citation ID |
01005 |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19260451 G01 |
Issuance Date |
2013-05-20 |
Abatement Due Date |
2013-05-24 |
Current Penalty |
600.0 |
Initial Penalty |
2800.0 |
Contest Date |
2013-05-24 |
Final Order |
2014-02-07 |
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): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level. a) Worksite, Southside - An employee was working from a fabricated frame scaffold, approximately 12 feet above the ground. The employee did not have fall protection; on or about 05/07/13. Note: In addition to abatement certification the employer is required to submit abatement documentation for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19. |
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Citation ID |
01006 |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19260451 H01 |
Issuance Date |
2013-05-20 |
Abatement Due Date |
2013-05-24 |
Current Penalty |
300.0 |
Initial Penalty |
1200.0 |
Contest Date |
2013-05-24 |
Final Order |
2014-02-07 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
Nr Exposed |
1 |
Gravity |
1 |
FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1): Each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects. For falling objects too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected, the employer did not place and secure such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall. a)Worksite, Southside - Employees working directly below ongoing stucco application did not have protection from falling objects; on or about 05/07/13. Note: The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19. |
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Citation ID |
01007 |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19260454 A |
Issuance Date |
2013-05-20 |
Abatement Due Date |
2013-06-02 |
Current Penalty |
450.0 |
Initial Penalty |
2000.0 |
Contest Date |
2013-05-24 |
Final Order |
2014-02-07 |
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) Worksite, Southside - Employees working from a fabricated frame scaffold, did not have the platforms fully planked, did not have access, and did not have fall protection. The employees did not recognize the hazard and means to correct the hazard. The employees were not trained; on or about 05/07/13. Note: The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19. |
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