OSHA Inspection: WALTER'S MASONRY, INC.

Issued

Apr 9, 2012

Abate by

May 21, 2012

Penalty

Initial $600 · Current $600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:    Walter's Masonry, Inc. failed to certify to OSHA within 10 calendar days after the abatement date that each of the following cited violations had been corrected:    Citation Number 		Item Number			Abatement Date  01			01				3/01/2012    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

Jan 19, 2012

Abate by

Mar 1, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.602(d):  The employer did not certify that each operator had been trained and evaluated as required by paragraph 29 CFR 1910.178(l):    29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i):  The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator was competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l):    a)  The employer did not ensure that the operators of the Gradall all terrain forklifts were evaluated and competent to operate the powered industrial trucks.    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

Jan 19, 2012

Abate by

Jan 20, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1):  Portable ladder, hook-on ladder, attachable ladder, stair tower, stairway-type ladder, ramp, runway, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used to access scaffold platforms more than 2 feet above or below a point of access:    a)  Employees were exposed to fall hazards while climbing scaffold frames which were not designed to be climbed.    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

Jan 19, 2012

Abate by

Jan 20, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(6)(vi): Integral prefabricated scaffold access frames being used for access had a spacing greater than 16 3/4 inches:    a)  Scaffold frames being used to access the work platform had a spacing of approximately 19 inches.    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

Jan 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1):  Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level:    a)  Employees working from frame scaffolding were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 24.9 feet.    No abatement certification or documentation is required for this item