OSHA Inspection: BEST PLASTERING STUCCO & CONSTRUCTION SERVICE INC.

Issued

2013-06-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

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.  This violation occurred on May 10, 2013, where at least four employees were exposed to falls of more than 18 feet to the concrete below while accessing upper levels of a welded frame scaffold.

Issued

2013-06-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): A means of access for scaffold platforms more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, such as 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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.   This violation occurred on May 10, 2013, when employees accessed the upper levels of a welded frame scaffold by way of the endframes.  Employees were exposed to falls of more than 18 feet to the concrete below.

Issued

2013-06-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(15): Ladders were used on scaffolds to increase the working level height of employees without satisfying the criteria of subparagraphs (i) - (iv) of this paragraph.  This violation occurred on May 10, 2013, where employees used step ladders to increase the working level height.  Employees were exposed to falls of more than 13 feet to the concrete below.

Issued

2013-06-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladders were not used for the purpose for which they were designed.  This violation occurred on May 10, 2013 when employees used two (2) step ladders (leaned against building) to increase their working height.  Employees were exposed to a fall of more than 13 feet to the concrete below.