OSHA Inspection: ROBINSON MASONRY

Issued

2013-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $1200.00

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)    On or about January 23, 2013, at the worksite located at 106 Tournay, Little Rock, Arkansas, a Hazard Communication Program had not been developed for the benefit of employees using and/or exposed to hazardous chemicals/ingredients such as but not limited to Portland Cement, quartz crystalline silica and calcium carbonate contained in the Ash Grove Type N masonry cement being mixed and used by employees performing masonry application tasks.

Issued

2013-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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)    On or about January 23, 2013, at the worksite located at 106 Tournay, Little Rock, Arkansas, material safety data sheets were not maintained for hazardous chemicals/ingredients such as but not limited to the Ash Grove Type N Masonry Cement being mixed and used by employees performing masonry application tasks.

Issued

2013-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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)    On or about January 23, 2013, at the worksite located at 106 Tournay, Little Rock, Arkansas, hazard communication training had not been provided for the benefit of employees using and/or exposed to hazardous chemicals/ingredients such as but not limited to Portland Cement, quartz crystalline silica and calcium carbonate contained in the Ash Grove Type N masonry cement being mixed and used by employees performing masonry application tasks.

Issued

2013-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $1200.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.25(a):     During the course of construction, alteration, or repairs,  debris was not kept cleared from work areas, passageways, and stairs, in and around buildings or other structures:    On or about January 23, 2013, at the worksite located at 106 Tournay, Little Rock, Arkansas, at the front of the home being built, an excessive amount of debris such as but not limited to loose brick pieces, various size wooden boards and empty 5 gallon plastic containers were scattered on the ground.  This condition exposed employees to the hazard of falls from the same elevation.

Issued

2013-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

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):    On or about January 23, 2013, at the worksite located at 106 Tournay, Little Rock, Arkansas, on the supported scaffold located at the front of the home being built, the 1st level platform that employees accessed to retrieve masonry materials such as but not limited to stone and mortar, was not decked the full width of the scaffold.  This condition exposed employees to falls from elevations.

Issued

2013-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(i):     Footings were not level, sound, rigid, and capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement:    On or about January 23, 2013, at the worksite located at 106 Tournay, Little Rock, Arkansas, on the supported scaffold located at the front of the home being built, 3rd framed section, south end, scaffold footings were not centered on wooden boards used to support scaffold system.  This condition exposed employee to an approximately 7 ft. fall from elevation and/or a scaffold collapse.

Issued

2013-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1):     When scaffold platforms are 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 shall be used. Crossbraces shall not be used as a means of access:    On or about January 23, 2013, at the worksite located at 106 Tournay, Little Rock, Arkansas, on the supported scaffold located at the front of the home being built, employee dismounted from the 1st level platform and climbed down the end frames to lower ground level.  This condition exposed employees to slips and falls from elevation.

Issued

2013-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

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:    On or about January 23, 2013, at the worksite located at 106 Tournay, Little Rock, Arkansas, on the supported scaffold located at the front of the home being built, toeboards were not provided on the 1st level platform to protect employees walking and working in the vicinity below from being sruck by falling objects.