OSHA Inspection: DOUGLAS PIZZICO

Issued

2018-12-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-02-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3326.00 · Current $1663.00 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:   Rear of building:  A competent person did not supervise or direct employees in the erection of a ladder jack scaffold system that had bridged scaffold planks and the ends of the planks were not on ladder jacks, they were resting on the ladder rungs exposing employees to falls and struck-by hazards.

Issued

2018-12-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1885.00 · Current $943.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(k)(5): Ladder Jack Scaffold platforms were bridged on to another.  Rear of building:  Employees were using ladder jack scaffolding platforms that were bridged together exposing them to falls of approximately seventeen (17) feet and struck-by hazards.

Issued

2018-12-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-02-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2217.00 · Current $1109.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:  Rear of building:  Employees engaged in painting the building from a portico approximately nine (9) feet above the ground were exposed to fall hazards where fall protection was not used.

Issued

2018-12-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-02-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2217.00 · Current $1109.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  Jobsite:  Employees engaged in painting operations were not trained in the recognition of fall hazards or the use of fall protection equipment to minimize the hazard of falling.