OSHA Inspection: ALL MEX MASONRY

Issued

Oct 22, 2012

Abate by

Oct 23, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a):   Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:        a. On or about July 31, 2012, Back Building Exterior, Employees did not wear protective helmets when working below scaffolding where other employees were laying brick siding which exposes employees to struck-by hazards.

Issued

Oct 22, 2012

Abate by

Oct 23, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(i):     Each platform unit (e.g., scaffold plank, fabricated plank, fabricated deck, or fabricated platform) was not installed so that the space between adjacent units and the space between the platform and the uprights were no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, except where the employer can demonstrate that a wider space is necessary.      a. On or about July 31, 2012, Back Building Exterior, The fabricated metal frame scaffold platforms were not fully planked and employees installing brick siding worked from the scaffolding which exposes them to fall hazards.

Issued

Oct 22, 2012

Abate by

Oct 23, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

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. On or about July 31, 2012, Back Building Exterior, Fabricated metal frame scaffold end frames did not bear on  base plates, mudsills, or other adequate firm foundation and employees installing brick siding worked from the scaffold platform which exposes them to struck-by hazards and fall hazards.

Issued

Oct 22, 2012

Abate by

Nov 13, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

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. On or about July 31, 2012, Back Building Exterior, Fabricated metal frame scaffolding was not erected under direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection.  Employees working from the scaffolding to install brick siding were exposed to struck-by and fall hazards.

Issued

Oct 22, 2012

Abate by

Nov 13, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1):     The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)      a.  On or about 7/31/2012, Building Exterior, A written hazard communication program was not developed, implemented, and maintained at the worksite where employees worked with crystalline silica (carcinogen) containing hazardous materials that included but were not limited to brick (irritant) and masonry cement (irritant).

Issued

Oct 22, 2012

Abate by

Nov 13, 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 which they used: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)      a.  On or about 7/31/2012, Building Exterior, Material safety data sheets were not obtained and maintained at the worksite where employees worked with hazardous materials that included but were not limited to brick (irritant, crystalline silica containing) and masonry cement (irritant, crystalline silica containing).

Issued

Oct 22, 2012

Abate by

Oct 23, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(e)(1):   Worn or frayed electric cords or cables were used:          a. On or about July 31, 2012, Back Building Exterior, A yellow electric extension cord with a cut outer jacket provided electric power to a cut-off saw which exposes employees to electrical hazards.