OSHA Inspection: ORTIZ PLASTERING

Issued

Nov 9, 2012

Abate by

Dec 5, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $900 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2):     The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s)      a.  On or about August 3, 2012, Store Sign, A competent person did not make frequent and regular inspections of the jobsite to implement accident prevention where three employees worked from scaffolding and laid stone which exposes them to falls, struck-by, and chemical hazards.

Issued

Nov 9, 2012

Abate by

Dec 5, 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:      a. On or about August 3, 2012, Store Sign, Before each work shift, a competent person did not inspect the scaffolding for visible defects and three employees worked from two stage high scaffolding to lay stone which exposes them to fall hazards.

Issued

Nov 9, 2012

Abate by

Dec 5, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $900 Reduced

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 August 3, 2012, Store Sign, The scaffold platforms of the north, south, and west fabricated metal frame scaffolding were not fully planked and three employees laying stone worked from the scaffolds which exposes them to fall hazards.

Issued

Nov 9, 2012

Abate by

Nov 14, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 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.      a.  On or about August 3, 2012, Store Sign, A ladder or other adequate means of scaffold access was not provided where three employees worked from scaffolding to lay stone which exposes them to fall hazards.

Issued

Nov 9, 2012

Abate by

Nov 14, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 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.  On or about August 3, 2012, Store Sign, A top rail was missing at a section of the second level platform of the north fabricated metal frame scaffold where two employees were laying stone which exposes them to fall hazards from heights greater than 10 feet.

Issued

Nov 9, 2012

Abate by

Dec 5, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1):     Each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects.  For falling objects too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected, the employer did not place and secure such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall.      a.  On or about August 3, 2012, Store Sign, The north and south scaffold platforms did not have toeboards or protection from falling objects and three employees worked from the scaffolding to laying stone which exposes them to struck-by hazards.

Issued

Nov 9, 2012

Abate by

Dec 5, 2012

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a):     The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.      a.  On or about August 3, 2012, Store Sign, three employees were not provided scaffold safety training and worked from the scaffolding to lay stone which exposes them to fall and struck-by hazards.

Issued

Nov 9, 2012

Abate by

Dec 15, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

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 August 3, 2012, Store Sign, A written hazard communication program was not implemented and maintained at the workplace where three employees worked with hazardous chemicals including but not limited to stone that was cut to length, Portland Cement (irritant, crystalline silica containing), masonry cement (irritant, crystalline silica containing), and masonry barrier/coating (irritant).

Issued

Nov 9, 2012

Abate by

Dec 5, 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 August 3, 2012, Store Sign, Material Safety Data Sheets were not obtained and maintained at the workplace for hazardous chemicals including but not limited to stone that was cut to length, Portland Cement (irritant, crystalline silica containing), masonry cement (irritant, crystalline silica containing), and masonry barrier/coating (irritant) which were used by employees who laid stone.

Issued

Nov 9, 2012

Abate by

Dec 15, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1):     Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)      a.  On or about August 3, 2012, Store Sign, Hazard communication training was not provided to three employees who worked with hazardous chemicals including but not limited to stone that was cut to length, Portland Cement (irritant, crystalline silica containing), masonry cement (irritant, crystalline silica containing), and masonry barrier/coating (irritant).