OSHA Inspection: BELL PAINTING, INC.

Issued

2013-08-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3080.00 · Current $1848.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(d)(3)(x): Tiebacks were not installed perpendicular to the face of the building or structure, nor were opposing angle tiebacks installed:    a. On or about February 15, 2013 at the above addressed jobsite, seven employees were using suspension scaffolds, for which the tiebacks on the outriggers were installed at an angle/not perpendicular to the face of the building.

Issued

2013-08-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3080.00 · Current $1848.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(d)(12)(iv): Clips were not inspected and retightened to the manufacturer's recommendations at the start of each workshift thereafter:    a. On or about February 15, 2013 at the above addressed jobsite, seven employees were using a suspension scaffold, for which the outrigger tieback clips were not inspected and retightened to the manufactures recommendations at the start of each work shift, and after the initial and each subsequent assembly, therefore exposing the employees to a fall hazard.

Issued

2013-08-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3080.00 · Current $1848.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(9): Lanyards and/or vertical lifelines did not have a minimum breaking strength of 5,000 pounds (22.2 kN):    a. On or about February 15, 2013 at the above addressed jobsite, seven employees were using  vertical life-line(s), which were tied-off to a parapet wall using a knot, therefore reducing the life-line or lanyard strength by 50 percent or more.

Issued

2013-08-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3080.00 · Current $1848.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

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. On or about February 15, 2013 at the above addressed jobsite, seven employees were using a suspension scaffold which had been erected/moved/dismantled/altered, while not under the supervision and direction of a competent person.     NOTE: CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

2013-08-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:  a. On or about February 15, 2013 at the above addressed jobsite, seven employees were using a suspension scaffold which had not been inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift.  NOTE: CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

2013-08-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3080.00 · Current $1848.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(2)(ii): The employer did not assure that each employee, as necessary, had been trained by a competent person in the correct procedures for erecting, maintaining, disassembling and inspecting the fall protection systems to be used:    a. On or about February 15, 2013 at the above addressed jobsite, seven employees were using personal fall arrest systems while working from a suspended scaffold, for which the employer had not provided the employees with training on the care, use, and inspection/maintenance of the conventional (harness) fall protection system.    NOTE: CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION

Issued

2013-08-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6160.00 · Current $3696.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(d)(12)(i): A minimum of 3 wire rope clips were not installed with the clips a minimum of 6 rope diameters apart:    a. On or about February 15, 2013 at the above addressed jobsite, seven employees were using suspension scaffolds , for which the outrigger tieback(s) did not have at least a minimum of three wire rope clips installed, and/or were not installed at a minimum of 6 rope diameters apart.    REPEAT: Bell Painting, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Standard 29 CFR 1926.451(d)(12)(i), or its equivalent standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 313102022, citation number 01, Item number 001, and was affirmed as a final order on 06/23/2009, with respect to a workplace located at 4775 Collins Avenue Miami Beach Florida.

Issued

2013-08-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6160.00 · Current $3696.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(3)(i): Verical lifelines were not fastened to a fixed safe point of anchorage, independent of the scaffoldk, and protected from sharp edges and abrasion:     a. On or about February 15, 2013 at the above addressed jobsite, seven employees were using Personal Fall Arrest Harnesses while working from suspension scaffold(s), for which the vertical lifelines were not protected from sharp edges and abrasion.    REPEAT: Bell Painting, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Standard 29 CFR 1926.451(g)(3)(i), or its equivalent standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 313102022, citation number 02, Item number 001, and was affirmed as a final order on 06/23/2009, with respect to a workplace located at 4775 Collins Avenue Miami Beach Florida.