OSHA Inspection: STUCCO SYSTEMS INC.

Issued

2011-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4200.00 · Current $4200.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.304(i)(1):     Each circular hand-fed ripsaw shall be guarded by a hood which shall completely enclose the portionof the saw above the table and that portion of the saw above the material being cut. The hood and mounting shall be arranged so that the hood willautomatically adjust itself to the thickness of and remain in contact with the material being cut but it shall not offer any considerable resistanceto insertion of material to saw or to passage of the material being sawed. The hood shall be made of adequate strength to resist blows and strainsincidental to reasonable operation, adjusting, and handling, and shall be so designed as to protect the operator from flying splinters and broken sawteeth.  It shall be made of material that is soft enough so that it will be unlikely cause tooth breakage. the hood shall be so mounted as to insurethat its operation will be positive, reliable, and in true alignment with the saw; and the mounting shall be adequate in strength to resist anyreasonable side thrust or other force tending to throw it out of line.[58 FR 35175, June 30, 1993; 61 FR 9227, March 7, 1996]:    On or about 7/15/11 during construction activities including but not limited to plastering work from an elevated platform, the employer did not ensure employees using a circular hand fed rip saw were protected from laceration/amputation hazards by ensuring the equipment was properly guarded.

Issued

2011-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3600.00 · Current $3600.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(i):     Each platform unit (e.g., scaffold plank, fabricated plank, fabricated deck, or fabricatedplatform) shall be installed so that the space between adjacent units and the space between the platform and the uprights is no more than 1 inch (2.5cm) wide, except where the employer can demonstrate that a wider space is necessary (for example, to fit around uprights when side brackets are usedto extend the width of the platform):    On or about 7/15/11 during construction activities including but not limited to plastering work from an elevated platform, the employer did not ensure employees working from an elevated platform were protected from hazards by ensuring each platform was fully planked.

Issued

2011-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $2400.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2):     Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights shall bear on base plates and mud sillsor other adequate firm foundation:    On or about 7/15/11 during construction activities including but not limited to plastering work from an elevated platform, the employer did not ensure employees working from an elevated platform were protected from hazards by ensuring the platform was on base plates or firm foundation.

Issued

2011-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(i):     Footings shall be level, sound, rigid, and capable of supporting the loaded scaffold withoutsettling or displacement:    On or about 7/15/11 during construction activities including but not limited to plastering work from an elevated platform, the employer did not ensure employees working from an elevated platform were protected from hazards by ensuring the platform was on firm foundation capable of supporting the loaded scaffold.

Issued

2011-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3600.00 · Current $3600.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1):     When scaffold platforms are more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portableladders, 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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface shall beused. Crossbraces shall not be used as a means of access:    On or about 7/15/11 during construction activities including but not limited to plastering work from an elevated platform, the employer did not ensure employees working from an elevated platform were provided proper access to different levels.

Issued

2011-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(9)(iv):     Cross braces on tubular welded frame scaffolds shall not be used as a means of access oregress:    On or about 7/15/11 during construction activities including but not limited to plastering work from an elevated platform, the employer did not ensure employees working from an elevated platform did not climb cross braces as a means of access to different levels.

Issued

2011-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $2400.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1):     Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level shall be protected fromfalling to that lower level. Paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (vii) of this section establish the types of fall protection to be provided to the employeeson each type of scaffold. Paragraph (g)(2) of this section addresses fall protection for scaffold erectors and dismantlers.Note to paragraph (g)(1): The fall protection requirements for employees installing suspension scaffold support systems on floors, roofs,and other elevated surfaces are set forth in subpart M of this part:    On or about 7/15/11 during construction activities including but not limited to plastering work from an elevated platform, the employer did not ensure employees working from an elevated platform were protected from fall hazards approximately 14 feet by a guardrail system.

Issued

2011-08-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-08-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $2400.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a):     The employer shall have each employee who performs 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:    On or about 7/15/11 during construction activities including but not limited to plastering work from an elevated platform, the employer did not ensure employees performing work on a scaffold were properly trained.

Issued

2011-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $2400.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4):     Ladders shall be used only for the purpose for which they were designed:    On or about 7/15/11 during construction activities including but not limited to plastering work from an elevated platform, the employer did not ensure employees used the step ladder as directed.