OSHA Inspection: STANLEY A. MIZIA BRICK & BLOCK CONTRACTING INC.

Issued

Sep 26, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(2):     The employer did not provide fall protection for employees erecting or dismantling supported scaffolds:        (a) Jobsite:  On or about August 1, 2012, employees were dismanteling a tubular welded frame scaffold and they were not protected from falling.  The fall hazard to the two employees was approxiamtely 17 feet.

Issued

Sep 26, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b):     The employer did not have each employee who was involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question.          (a) Jobsite:  On or about August 1, 2012, the employer did not train its employees in the hazards associated with erecting/dismanteling a scaffold.

Issued

Sep 26, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,760 · Current $703 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(16):     Portable ladders with structural defects, such as, but not limited to, broken or missing rungs, cleats, or steps, broken or split rails, corroded components, or other faulty or defective components, were not either immediately marked in a manner that readily identifies them as defective, or tagged with "Do Not Use" or similar language, and were not withdrawn from service until repaired.          (a) Jobsite:  On or about August 1, 2012, two employees were using a 32 foot aluminum extension ladder to access the tubular weled frame scaffold and the ladder had a missing foot and a badly damaged rung.  This ladder was not tagged an it was not removed from service.

Issued

Sep 26, 2012

Abate by

Oct 3, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a):     The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.        (a) Jobsite:  On or about August 1, 2012, two on site employees were using a 32 foot aluminum extension ladder to access the tubular welded frame scaffold and the employer did not train each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and the procedures to minimize these hazards.