OSHA Inspection: DAN HIMES MASONARY, INC.

Issued

Sep 27, 2011

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1):  When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, 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 other scaffold, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used:    On or about 08/10/2011, employees accessed a scaffold to perform masonry work by climbing the frame.  The scaffold was not equipped with integral pre-fabricated access.

Issued

Sep 27, 2011

Abate by

Oct 11, 2011

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1):  Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level:    On or about 08/10/2011, an employee laid brick at approximately 15 feet on an unguarded scaffold.

Issued

Sep 27, 2011

Abate by

Oct 4, 2011

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i):  An employer may provide respirators at the request of employees or permit employees to use their own respirators, if the employer determines that such respirator use will not in itself create a hazard. If the employer determines that any voluntary respirator use is permissible, the employer shall provide the respirator users with the information contained in Appendix D to this section ("Information for Employees Using Respirators When Not Required Under the Standard"); or the equivalent information:    On or about 08/10/2011, 3M 8210 dust masks were available for employees mixing Essroc masonry cement or cutting brick; however the employer did not provide information from, or equivalent to, Appendix D of the Respiratory Protrection standard.