OSHA Inspection: HORIZON GENERAL CONTRACTORS, INC.

Issued

2017-05-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6338.00 · Current $3803.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

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.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.   At this workplace, employees conducted construction operations from scaffolding greater than two feet above or below a point of access without an adequate means of entry.

Issued

2017-05-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6338.00 · Current $3803.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladders were used for purposes other than the purposes for which they were designed.    At this workplace, employees conducted construction operations and used the top step of the ladder for accessing the scaffolding.

Issued

2017-05-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(ii): A toeboard was not erected along the edge of platforms more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower levels for a distance sufficient to protect employees below.     At this workplace, employees conducted construction operations from scaffolding without toeboards.