OSHA Inspection: GA PLASTER CORP

Issued

Aug 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.28(a): Appropriate personal protective equipment was not worn by employee(s) in all operations where there was exposure to hazardous conditions:    On or before 5/17/12, an employee was exposed to silica hazards while mixing cement without wearing the proper personal protective equipment.

Issued

Aug 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii).    On or about 5/17/12, employees were working on a scaffold approximately 10' above ground level where the working levels of the scaffold were not fully planked.

Issued

Aug 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:    On or about 5/17/12, employees were working on a scaffold approximately 10' above ground level, whereas the scaffold was not erected with mud sills and base plates.

Issued

Aug 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $960 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.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access:    On or about 5/17/2012, at 8900 Stirling Road, Cooper City, Florida, employees were working on a two-frame fabricated scaffold without any means of access.

Issued

Aug 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(9)(iv): Cross braces on tubular welded frame scaffolds were used as a means of access or egress:      On or about 5/17/12, at 8900 Stirling Road, Cooper City, Florida, employees were using the crossbraces of a scaffold to gain access to and from the scaffold exposing them to a fall hazard.

Issued

Aug 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section:    On or about, 5/17/12, at 8900 Stirling Road, Cooper City, Florida, employees were working on a two tier scaffold approximately 10' above the ground level, whereas the scaffold was not erected with guardrails.

Issued

Aug 27, 2012

Abate by

Sep 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:    On or about, 5/17/12, employees were working on a two tier scaffold with deficiencies and was not inspected by a competent person before each shift.    Note: Certification of abatement is required for this violation.

Issued

Aug 27, 2012

Abate by

Sep 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): The employer did not have a material safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical in use:      On or before 5/17/12, at 8900 Stirling Road, Cooper City, Florida, the employer did not maintain copies of the MSDS at the work site for chemicals such as Portland cement.    Note: Certification of abatement is required for this violation.