OSHA Inspection: GAGNON MASONRY, INC.

Issued

Dec 21, 2012

Abate by

Jan 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $1,540 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i):  The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l):    Jobsite:  The employee, operating the rough terrain powered industrial truck (PIT), was not trained or evaluated by the employer.

Issued

Dec 21, 2012

Abate by

Mar 2, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,320 · Current $0 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.    Jobsite:  The employees, working on, under and around the elevated platforms of the fabricated frame and side bracket scaffolds, were not trained to recognize the hazards related to scaffolds or the procedures to control or minimize them.

Issued

Dec 21, 2012

Abate by

Mar 2, 2013

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.     Jobsite:  The employees, using the improperly erected extension ladder to access the scaffold platform at the rear of the building, were not trained in the recognition of hazards related to ladders or the procedures necessary to minimize them.

Issued

Dec 21, 2012

Abate by

Jan 2, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $1,540 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(1):  Each scaffold and/or scaffold component was not capable of supporting, without failure, its own weight and at least 4 times the maximum intended load applied or transmitted to it:    Jobsite:  The scaffold planks, used by the employees on the upper levels of the fabricated frame scaffold, were rotted, insect damaged, split and cracked.

Issued

Dec 21, 2012

Abate by

Jan 2, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $3,080

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)    Jobsite:  The elevated platform of the fabricated frame scaffold, used by the employees building an exterior wall, was not fully planked.

Issued

Dec 21, 2012

Abate by

Jan 2, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $0 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:     Jobsite:  The upright legs of the fabricated frame scaffold, used by the employees to erect a brick wall, did not bear on a firm foundation.

Issued

Dec 21, 2012

Abate by

Dec 28, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $0 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.    Jobsite:  The employees, working on the elevated platforms of the fabricated frame and side bracket scaffold, were not protected from the hazard of falling to lower levels.

Issued

Dec 21, 2012

Abate by

Dec 28, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i):  Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms.    Jobsite:  Employees, working on the elevated platforms of the fabricated frame and side bracket scaffold platforms, were not protected by guardrails installed along all open sides of the elevated platforms

Issued

Dec 21, 2012

Abate by

Jan 2, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1):  Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:     Jobsite:  The aluminum extension ladder, used by the employees to access the fabricated frame scaffold platform at the rear of the building, did not extend 3 feet beyond the platform.

Issued

Dec 21, 2012

Abate by

Jan 2, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,760 · Current $0 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.      Jobsite:  The employees, accessing the second tier elevated platform of the fabricated frame scaffold, were not provided with a proper means of access.

Issued

Dec 21, 2012

Abate by

Jan 2, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(6): Integral prefabricated scaffold access frames did not meet the requirements of paragraphs (e)(6)(i)-(vi) of this section:    Jobsite:  Employees, accessing the second tier platform of the fabricated frame scaffold, were climbing the end frames of the scaffold.

Issued

Dec 21, 2012

Abate by

Jan 2, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,320 · Current $1,540

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:    Jobsite:  The fabricated frame scaffold, used by the employees engaged in erecting an exterior brick wall, was not inspected for defects prior to the shift or following alterations.

Issued

Dec 21, 2012

Abate by

Jan 2, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(2):  The employer did not have a competent person determine the feasibility and safety of providing fall protection for employees erecting or dismantling supported scaffolds:    Jobsite:  The employer did not determine the feasibility of providing fall protection to the employees engaged in erecting the fabricated frame and side bracket scaffolds.

Issued

Dec 21, 2012

Abate by

Jan 2, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(ii):  A toe board was not erected along the edge of platforms more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower levels for a distance sufficient to protect employees below:     Jobsite:  The employees, working in and around the areas beneath the elevated platforms of the fabricated frame scaffold, were not protected from falling objects by toe boards erected along the edges of the platforms.

Issued

Dec 21, 2012

Abate by

Jan 2, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(ii):  Where tools, materials or equipment  were piled higher than top edge of the toe board, paneling or screens were not erected from the top of the toe board or platform to the top of the guardrail.      Jobsite:  The employees, working in and around the areas beneath the elevated platforms of the fabricated frame and side bracket scaffold, were not protected from objects piled higher than the toe board from falling on them.