OSHA Inspection: PERMASTEELISA NORTH AMERICA CORP

Issued

2018-11-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9239.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.66(f)(5)(i)(F): Working platform of a suspended unit was not secured to the building facade by one or more of the following methods listed in this section, or by an equivalent method:  IN THE ALTERNAATIVE 29 CFR 1926.451(d)(18): Multi-point suspension scaffolds was not tied or otherwise secured to prevent them from swaying, as determined to be necessary based on an evaluation by a competent person.      a) Employees used the BMU suspended scaffold which was disconnected from the tether when the shoes were getting stuck in the building mullion tracks.    Location: 111 Murray St, New York, N.Y.     On or about 5/07/2018    NOTE:  BECAUSE ABATEMENT OF THIS VIOLATION IS ALREADY DOCUMENTED IN THE CASEFILE, THE EMPLOYER NEED NOT SUBMIT CERTIFICATION NOR DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT OF THIS VIOLATION AS NORMALLY REQUIRED BY 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

2018-11-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.66(h)(1): . All parts of the equipment affecting safe operation was not maintained in proper working order so that they may perform the functions for which they were intended. The equipment was not taken out of service when it was not in proper working order.  IN THE ALTERNATIVE 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) A competent person did not ensure the BMU suspended scaffold was in proper working order. Employees worked from the unit when the tether shoes were getting stuck in the building mullion tracks and it was disconnected from the tethers.    Location: 111 Murray St, New York, N.Y.     On or about 5/07/2018    NOTE:  BECAUSE ABATEMENT OF THIS VIOLATION IS ALREADY DOCUMENTED IN THE CASEFILE, THE EMPLOYER NEED NOT SUBMIT CERTIFICATION NOR DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT OF THIS VIOLATION AS NORMALLY REQUIRED BY 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

2018-11-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9239.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.66(i)(1)(i): The employer did not have each employee trained in the operation, safe use and inspections of the working platform being used.  IN THE ALTERNATIVE 29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.     a) Employees were not provided  training to use the BMU scaffold which was not tethered to the building and did not have any means to determine the wind speed     Location: 111 Murray St, New York, N.Y.     On or about 5/07/2018