OSHA Inspection: M.S. IRONWORKS INC.

Issued

Oct 15, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,020 · Current $765 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(21): Each employee did not use at least one hand to grasp the ladder when progressing up and/or down the ladder:    location: 250 Main St.  on or about: 9/20/12    a) An employee was using a Werner extension ladder, while carry materials up to the first level decking. The employee did not use at least one hand to grasp the ladder while he was progressing up the ladder.

Issued

Oct 15, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(22): An employee was carrying objects or loads that could cause the employee to lose balance and fall:     location: 250 Main St.  on or about: 9/20/12    a) An employee was using a Werner extension ladder, while carrying pour stops and closure angles up to the first level decking. Carrying the 10 feet long pieces could cause the employee to lose balance and fall.

Issued

Oct 15, 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, that enabled employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways, and that trained each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards:      location: 250 Main St.  on or about: 9/20/12    a) An employee was using a Werner extension ladder, while engaged in steel erection activities. The employee was not provided with ladder safety training.

Issued

Oct 15, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.752(b): Commencement of steel erection. A steel erection contractor erected steel before it had received written notification that the concrete in the footings, piers and walls or the mortar in the masonry piers and walls has attained, on the basis of an appropriate ASTM standard test method of field-cured samples, either 75 percent of the intended minimum compressive design strength or sufficient strength to support the loads imposed during steel erection:    location: 250 Main St.  on or about: 9/20/12    a) Employees were engaged in steel erection activities. The steel erector was not provided with the written notification that the concrete in the footings, piers and walls and the mortar in the masonry piers and walls has attained, on the basis of an appropriate ASTM standard test method of field-cured samples, either 75 percent of the intended minimum compressive design strength or sufficient strength to support the loads imposed during steel erection.