OSHA Inspection: SERVICE MASONRY, INC.

Issued

Apr 18, 2012

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:    a) The scaffolding section that employees were working from did not bear on base plates.     No abatement certification or documentation is required for this item.

Issued

Apr 18, 2012

Abate by

May 16, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7):  Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration: Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person:    a)  Tubular welded frame scaffolding was erected and altered without the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection.     In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be included with your certification.  This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of the equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement, or other written records.

Issued

Apr 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(5)(iii):  Brackets used to support cantilevered loads shall be used only to support personnel, unless the scaffold has been designed for other loads by a qualified engineer and built to withstand the tipping forces caused by those other loads being placed on the bracket-supported section of the scaffold:    a)  Employees were exposed to fall hazards while working from the cantilevered section of the scaffolding supported by the brackets.     No abatement certification or documentation is required for this item.

Issued

Apr 18, 2012

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 was not protected from falling to that lower level:    a)  Employees were exposed to the hazard of falling while performing masonry work from tubular welded frame scaffold platform elevated approximately 20 feet above the ground.      No abatement certification or documentation is required for this item.