| Inspection Type |
Prog Related
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| Scope |
Complete
|
| Safety/Health |
Safety
|
| Close Conference |
2012-03-22
|
| Emphasis |
L: FALL
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| Case Closed |
2013-12-02
|
Related Activity
| Type |
Inspection |
| Activity Nr |
283198 |
| Safety |
Yes |
|
| Type |
Inspection |
| Activity Nr |
283118 |
| Safety |
Yes |
|
Violation Items
| Citation ID |
01004 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 G01 |
| Issuance Date |
2012-09-17 |
| Current Penalty |
3000.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
4200.0 |
| Final Order |
2012-10-03 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
6 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): the employer failed to ensure that each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level. Located at 227 Grand Street, Brooklyn, NY On or about 3/22/2012 a) Employees worked on the platforms of a 4-section high tubler welded frame scaffold, and were not protected by guardrails. |
|
| Citation ID |
01006A |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 B01 |
| Issuance Date |
2012-09-17 |
| Current Penalty |
3000.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
4200.0 |
| Final Order |
2012-10-03 |
| Nr Instances |
3 |
| Nr Exposed |
6 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| 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 Located at 227 Grand Street, Brooklyn, NY On or about 3/22/2012 a) Employees worked on platforms of a 4-section high tubler welded frame scaffold and the platforms were not fully planked. |
|
| Citation ID |
01006B |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 E01 |
| Issuance Date |
2012-09-17 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
3000.0 |
| Final Order |
2012-10-03 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
6 |
| 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. Crossbraces were used as a means of access. Located at 227 Grand Street, Brooklyn, NY On or about 3/22/2012 a) Employees worked on the platforms of a 4-section high tubler welded frame scaffold, which did not have a means of safe access for the workers. Workers used the frames and cross braces as a means of access. |
|
| Citation ID |
01007A |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 F07 |
| Issuance Date |
2012-09-17 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2012-10-01 |
| Current Penalty |
1500.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
3000.0 |
| Final Order |
2012-10-03 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
6 |
| 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. Located at 227 Grand Street, Brooklyn, NY On or about 3/22/2012 a) Employees worked on platforms of a 4-section high tubular welded frame scaffold, which was erected not under the direction and supervision of a competent person. Workers who worked on the scaffold were exposed to hazards, including but not limited to: scaffold not fully planked, scaffold with no safe access, scaffold with no guardrails, endrails, and toe boards. |
|
| Citation ID |
01007B |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 H02 |
| Issuance Date |
2012-09-17 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
3000.0 |
| Final Order |
2012-10-03 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
6 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2): Employees working below a scaffold were not protected from falling tools, materials or equipment in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs (h)(2)(i)-(v) of this section: Located at 227 Grand Street, Brooklyn, NY On or about 3/22/2012 a) Toeboards were not installed on all edges of tubular welded frame scaffold where employees were exposed to falling objects. Tools and materials were stored thoroughout the 2nd, 3rd and 4th level of the scaffold. |
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