Violation Detail
Standard Cited: 19261431 A
Inspection Nr: 686058.015
Citation: 01003
Citation Type: Serious
Abatement Status: Not Completed - Worksite Changed
Initial Penalty: $5,500.00
Current Penalty: $5,500.00
Issuance Date: 04/04/2013
Nr Instances: 1
Nr Exposed: 9
Abatement Date: 04/10/2013
Gravity: 5
Report ID: 0111400
Contest Date: 05/02/2013
Final Order: 01/01/2014
Related Event Code (REC):
Emphasis:
Type | Latest Event | Event Date | Penalty | Abatement Due Date | Citation Type | Failure to Abate Inspection |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Penalty | J: ALJ Decision | 01/01/2014 | $5,500.00 | 04/10/2013 | Serious | |
Penalty | C: Contested | 05/09/2013 | $5,500.00 | 04/10/2013 | Serious | |
Penalty | Z: Issued | 04/04/2013 | $5,500.00 | 04/10/2013 | Serious |
Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 003 Hazard:
29 CFR 1926.1431(a): The use of equipment to hoist employees was not prohibited except where the employer demonstrates that the erection, use, and dismantling of conventional means of reaching the work area, such as a personnel hoist, ladder, stairway, aerial lift, elevating work platform, or scaffold, would be more hazardous, or is not possible because of the projects structural design or worksite conditions. Jobsite: Including work on Structure 42 A personnel platform was used to hoist employees. One or more aerial lifts could have been used instead.