Inspection Type |
Planned
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Scope |
Complete
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Safety/Health |
Safety
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Close Conference |
2019-03-12
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Emphasis |
L: LOCALTARG, P: LOCALTARG
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Case Closed |
2019-05-15
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Violation Items
Citation ID |
01001 |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19260100 A |
Issuance Date |
2019-03-28 |
Current Penalty |
1227.0 |
Initial Penalty |
2046.0 |
Final Order |
2019-04-10 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
Nr Exposed |
2 |
Gravity |
5 |
FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets: a) West side of building, front, on or about 3-12-19: Two employees were dismantling a scaffold system without head protection. |
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Citation ID |
01002A |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19260451 B02 |
Issuance Date |
2019-03-28 |
Current Penalty |
2557.0 |
Initial Penalty |
2557.0 |
Final Order |
2019-04-10 |
Nr Instances |
2 |
Nr Exposed |
2 |
Gravity |
5 |
FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Scaffold platforms and walkways were not at least 18 inches wide: a) West side of building, front, on or about 3-12-19: Two employees were preparing to dismantle a scaffold system while standing on work platforms that were less than 18 inches wide, exposing the employee to a fall hazard of up to 19 feet 11 inches. |
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Citation ID |
01002B |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19260451 E01 |
Issuance Date |
2019-03-28 |
Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Initial Penalty |
2557.0 |
Final Order |
2019-04-10 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
Nr Exposed |
2 |
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: a) West side of building, front, on or about 3-12-19: Two employees were dismantling a scaffold system while using cross braces and scaffold frames for scaffold access, exposing the employee to a fall hazard of up to 19 feet 11 inches. |
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Citation ID |
01002C |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19260451 G01 |
Issuance Date |
2019-03-28 |
Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Initial Penalty |
2557.0 |
Final Order |
2019-04-10 |
Nr Instances |
2 |
Nr Exposed |
2 |
Gravity |
5 |
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) West side of building, front, on or about 3-12-19: Two employees were dismantling a scaffold system and its associated weather enclosure while on scaffold platforms with unprotected walk-through end frames, without the use of fall protection, exposing the employees to a fall hazard of 14 feet 5 inches. b) West side of building, front, on or about 3-12-19: Two employees were dismantling a scaffold system and its associated weather enclosure while on an outrigger bracket platform with unprotected ends, without the use of fall protection, exposing the employees to a fall hazard of 19 feet 11 inches. |
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Citation ID |
01002D |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19260451 G04 XV |
Issuance Date |
2019-03-28 |
Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
Final Order |
2019-04-10 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
Nr Exposed |
2 |
Gravity |
5 |
FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(xv): Crossbracing used in place of a midrail was unacceptable because the crossing point of two braces is between 20 inches (0.5 m) and 30 inches ((0.8 M) above the work platform or as a toprail when the crossing point of two braces is not between 20 inches (0.5 m) and 30 inches (0.8 m) above the work platform or as a toprail when the crossing point of two braces is between 38 inches (0.97 m) and 48 inches (1.3 m) above the work platform. The endpoints at each upright were more than 48 inches (1.3 m) apart: a) West side of building, front, on or about 3-12-19: Two employees were dismantling a scaffold system and its associated weather enclosure while on a scaffold platform with cross braces used as a full guardrail system, exposing the employees to a fall hazard of 14 feet 5 inches. |
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