OSHA Inspection: C & G CONCRETE MASONRY, LLC

Issued

Jun 28, 2012

Abate by

Jul 3, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $250 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1):     The employer did not initiate and maintain such programs as may be necessary to comply with this part. a) The employer did not develop or impliment a safety and health program as evidenced by noted hazards such as but not limted to; employee not wearing safety glasses while handling Portland Cement, employee exposed to a fall hazard from a scaffold work platform and an employee accessing a scaffold work platform while climbing on 4 to 7 inch horizontal members, on or about 05/07/12. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Jun 28, 2012

Abate by

Jul 3, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2):     The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury: a) Exterior Front - Employee was not provided adequate training in the recognition and avoidance of hazards as evidenced by noted hazards such as but not limited to; hand mixing Brock-Loc brick mortar which contained Portland Cement and not wearing eye protection, employee on a scaffold work platform and exposed to a 19 ft, 6 inch fall, and employee climbing horizontal members of a tubular welded frame scaffold that were between 4 and 7 inches, on or about 05/07/12. ABATEMENT CERTIFCATION REQUIRED

Issued

Jun 28, 2012

Abate by

Jun 29, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $250 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:  a) Exterior Front - A mason was observed using Brick-Loc Mortar Cement, Tpye S, during a tuck pointing operation and not wearing eye protection, on or about 05/07/12. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Jun 28, 2012

Abate by

Jun 29, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $250 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, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used: a) Exterior Front - A mason was observed climbing on horizontal members on the scaffold frames, which were between 4 and 7 inches, to gain access to a scaffold work platform that was 19 ft, 6 inches above the ground, on or about 05/07/12.

Issued

Jun 28, 2012

Abate by

Jun 29, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $250 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section: a) Exterior Front - A mason was observed standing on a scaffold work platform, performing a tuck pointing operation, and exposed to a 19 ft, 6 inch fall hazard, on or about 05/07/12. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUUITRED