OSHA Inspection: JV MASONRY

Issued

2012-06-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-06-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1200.00 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:      The employer does not provide scaffold with base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation.  This violation was observed on or about June 11, 2012, on the east side of a newly built house where employees were exposed to a fall hazard when required to work on the platform at a height of 10.9 feet without base plates, mud sills or firm foundation.

Issued

2012-06-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-06-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1200.00 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.  Cross braces were used as a means of access.    The employer does not provide employees with access to the scaffold platform.  This violation was observed on or about June 11, 2012, on the east side of a newly built house where employees were exposed to a fall hazard when accessing the platform without a ladder.

Issued

2012-06-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-06-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i):   Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms before being released for use by employees other than erection/dismantling crews:    The employer does not install guard rails on the scaffold.  This violation was observed on or about June 11, 2012, on the east of a newly built house where employees were exposed to a fall hazard when required to conduct brick masonry from a platform of 10.9 feet without a guard rail system.