OSHA Inspection: AMEC CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

2015-10-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4200.00 · Current $2900.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a)(1): The employer failed to have each employee who performs work while on a scaffold trained regarding the nature of any electrical hazards, fall hazards and falling object hazards in the work area.    Worksite: The employer did not ensure that the employee who was required to work from the mobile scaffold, unknown identification, was trained to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used.      On or about August 26, 2015, the above mobile scaffold tipped over while one of two (2) employees was trying to get on top of the platform, and both employees sustained serious injuries from the incident.