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 09/01/05

 

Fall Hazards from Scaffolding - Page 4

Hazard:  Fall from scaffold.
Standard violated:  1926.451(g)(1): Fall protection not provided.
1926.451(b)(1): Platform not fully planked.
Corrective Action:  Provide guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems. Fully plank platforms.

Hazard:  Fall from scaffold.
Standard violated:  1926.451(g)(1): Worker standing on the top rail of a scissors lift without fall protection.
Corrective Action:  Protect employee by the use of a personal fall arrest system or guardrail system.  Train employee to recognize fall hazard.

Hazard:  Fall from scaffold.
Standard violated:  1926.501(b)(1), 1926.451(g)(1):  Employee on top of wall w/o fall protection. Fall hazard of about 22 feet to concrete floor below.
Corrective Action:  Employer needs to provide a safe work platform or fall protection system. Reference 1926.502 for Fall protection systems and criteria and practices.

Hazard:  Fall from scaffold.
Standard violated:  1926.451(g)(1): Fall protection not provided.
Corrective Action:  Provide guardrail system.

Hazard:  Fall from scaffold.
Standard violated:  1926.451(g)(1): Fall protection not provided.
1926.451(b)(1): Platforms not fully planked.
1926.451(c)(2): Unstable objects were used as scaffold support.
Corrective Action:  Provide guardrail system or personal fall arrest system. Fully plank platforms. Provide adequate scaffold support.

Hazard:  Fall from scaffold.
Standard violated:  1926.451(g)(1): Fall protection not provided.
1926.451(b)(1): Platform not fully planked.
Corrective Action:  Provide guardrails. Fully plank platform.

Hazard:  Fall from scaffold.
Standard violated:  1926.451(g)(1): Employee was working on a carpenters' bracket scaffold 20 feet high without fall protection.
Corrective Action:  Install guardrails

Hazard:  Fall from scaffold.
Standard violated:  1926.451(g)(1): Fall protection not provided.
1926.451(b)(1): Platforms not fully planked.
1926.451(e): Employee riding hoist line.
Corrective Action:  Provide guardrail system or personal fall arrest system. Fully plank platforms. Provide safe access.

Hazard:  Lack of fall protection for employees on fabricated frame scaffolds.
Standard violated:  1926.451(g)(1)(vii): employees exposed to a 35-foot fall hazard from a scaffold while stacking blocks prior to overhand bricklaying operations.
Corrective Action:  Provide guardrails or personal fall arrest systems to protect employees.
Hazard:  Hazard of lifelines breaking resulting in fall hazard for employees.
Standard violated:  1926.451(g)(3)(i):  lifelines not protected from sharp edges.
Corrective Action:  Lifelines relocated to protect against sharp edges.
Hazard:  Fall from scaffold.
Standard violated:  1926.452(j)(1-7):  This photo does not document a violation. The employees are installing metal siding on housing units, working from pump jack scaffolds. The scaffolds are equipped with a guardrail and safety net system for fall protection. The employer does not have end rails up yet, but they are not at 10' in these photos.
Corrective Action:  N/A
Hazard:  Fall from scaffold.
Standard violated:  11926.452(j)(1-7):  This photo does not document a violation. The employees are installing metal siding on housing units, working from pump jack scaffolds. The scaffolds are equipped with a guardrail and safety net system for fall protection. The employer does not have end rails up yet, but they are not at 10' in these photos.
Corrective Action:  N/A
Hazard:  Fall from scaffold.
Standard violated:  1926.452(j)(1-7):  This photo does not document a violation. The employees are installing metal siding on housing units, working from pump jack scaffolds. The scaffolds are equipped with a guardrail and safety net system for fall protection. The employer does not have end rails up yet, but they are not at 10' in these photos.
Corrective Action:  N/A
Hazard:  Fall from scaffold.
Standard violated:  1926.452(j)(1-7):  This photo does not document a violation. The employees are installing metal siding on housing units, working from pump jack scaffolds. The scaffolds are equipped with a guardrail and safety net system for fall protection. The employer does not have end rails up yet, but they are not at 10' in these photos.
Corrective Action:  N/A
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