OSHA Inspection: CLINT H. BOYLE MASONRY, INC.

Issued

Dec 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(b)(2): All pull boxes, junction boxes, and fittings were not provided with covers:    a) Job site, 216 Meadowgrove Circle, Carnegie, PA: On or about November 13, 2012, during bricklaying activities, the employer did not ensure that a cover was provided over the electric outlet in the garage, exposing workers to shock hazards.

Issued

Dec 27, 2012

Abate by

Jan 24, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

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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) Job site, 216 Meadowgrove Circle, Carnegie PA: On or about November 14, 2012, during bricklaying activities, the employer did not ensure that baseplates were installed under each scaffolding leg.

Issued

Dec 27, 2012

Abate by

Jan 24, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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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) Job site, 216 Meadowgrove Circle, Carnegie, PA: On or about November 9, 2012, during bricklaying activities, the employer did not ensure that a competent person inspected scaffolding for unsafe conditions. Deficiencies noted during the inspection included, but were not limited to, the lack of appropriate fall protection systems being used, baseplates not being installed and planking for work platforms and outriggers that displayed long, wide cracks in the wood.

Issued

Dec 27, 2012

Abate by

Jan 24, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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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) Job site, 216 Meadowgrove Circle, Carnegie, PA: On or about November 9, 2012, during bricklaying activities, the employer did not ensure that employees working on scaffolding were trained in scaffold safety requirements. Deficiencies noted during the inspection included, but were not limited to, the lack of appropriate fall protection systems being used, not using base plates, no safe means of access/egress and planking for work platforms and outriggers that displayed long, wide cracks in the wood.

Issued

Dec 27, 2012

Abate by

Jan 3, 2013

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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface were not used:       a) Job site, 216 Meadowgrove Circle, Carnegie, PA: On or about November 9, 2012, during bricklaying activities, the employer did not ensure that a safe means of getting up/down from the scaffold was provided/used in that scaffold frames on a walkthrough type scaffold were used for this purpose, exposing employees to falls of up to approximately 13 feet.

Issued

Dec 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms:    a) Job site, 216 Meadowgrove Circle, Carnegie, PA: On or about November 9, 2012, during bricklaying activities at the rear of the house, the employer did not ensure that guardrail systems were installed along the open ends of work platforms and/or outriggers, exposing workers to falls of up to approximately 13 feet.

Issued

Dec 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(xv): Crossbracing is acceptable in place of a midrail when the crossing point of two braces is between 20 inches (0.5 m) and 30 inches (0.8 m) above the work platform or as a toprail when the crossing point of two braces is between 38 inches (0.97 m) and 48 inches (1.3 m) above the work platform:     a) Job site, 216 Meadowgrove Circle, Carnegie, PA: On or about November 9, 2012, during bricklaying activities while working on the rear of the house, along the top rear section of the 3rd frame scaffold section, the employer did not ensure that a toprail was provided above the crossbracing, which was determined to be approximately 24-27" high from the working platform, exposing workers to falls of up to approximately 13 feet.

Issued

Dec 27, 2012

Abate by

Jan 24, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employers did not develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least described how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training would be met:    a) Job site, 216 Meadowgrove Circle, Carnegie, PA: On or about November 14, 2012, during bricklaying activities, the employer did not ensure that a hazard communication program was in place where employees worked with chemicals such as Brixment Type N Masonary Cement.

Issued

Dec 27, 2012

Abate by

Jan 24, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s):    a) Job site, 216 Meadowgrove Circle, Carnegie, PA: On or about November 14, 2012, during bricklaying activities, the employer did not ensure that a material safety data sheet existed for chemicals such as Brixment Type N Masonary Cement.

Issued

Dec 27, 2012

Abate by

Jan 24, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): The employer did not provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals:      a) Job site, 216 Meadowgrove Circle, Carnegie, PA: On or about November 14, 2012, during bricklaying activities, the employer did not ensure that chemical safety training was performed for employees on the chemicals they worked with, including, but but not limited to, Brixment type N Masonary Cement.

Issued

Dec 27, 2012

Abate by

Jan 24, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): It shall be the responsibility of the employer to initiate and maintain such programs as may be necessary to comply with this part:    a) Job site, 216 Meadowgrove Circle, Carnegie, PA: On or about November 14, 2012, during bricklaying activities, the employer did not ensure that a safety and health program existed. Deficiencies noted during the inspection included, but were not limited to, missing ground pins on electrical cords, not using safety glasses while working with portland cement, damaged strain relief on a saw, electrical tape covering jacket tears on extension cords, using ladders that were damaged and electrical cords in areas where they could be pinched.