OSHA Inspection: ANTONIO LUNAS

Issued

Apr 19, 2013

Abate by

May 24, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employer had not developed or implemented a written hazard communication program which at included the requirements outlined in 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) and (e)(1)(ii): (Construction Reference: 1926.59):  On or about January 24, 2013, at 1070 Gallatin Way, Suwanee, Georgia:  Three employees performing brick masonry work used chemicals which include but are not limited to masonry cement contains Portland cement and hexavalent chromium.  Employees were exposed to eye, skin, and respiratory irritation when the employer did not develop a written hazard communication program.

Issued

Apr 19, 2013

Abate by

May 24, 2013

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):  On or about January 24, 2013, at 1070 Gallatin Way, Suwanee, Georgia:  Three employees performing brick masonry work using chemicals which include but are not limited to masonry cement which contains Portland cement and hexavalent chromium were exposed to eye, skin, and respiratory irritation when the employer did not inform them how to recognize and minimize the hazards of working with those chemicals.

Issued

Apr 19, 2013

Abate by

May 9, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:    On or about January 24, 2013, at 1070 Gallatin Way, Suwanee, Georgia:    Two employees performing brick masonry work were exposed to struck-by hazards while cutting bricks with their trowels when they did not use eye protection.

Issued

Apr 19, 2013

Abate by

May 9, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1)(ii): Guys, ties, and/or braces were not installed  according to the scaffold manufacturer's recommendations or at the closest horizontal member to the 4:1 height and repeated vertically at locations of horizontal members every 20 feet (56.1 m) or less thereafter for scaffolds 3 feet ((0.91 m) wide or less, and every 26 feet (7.9 m) or less therafter for scaffolds greater than 3 feet (0.91m) wide:    On or about January 24, 2013, at 1070 Gallatin Way, Suwanee, Georgia:    Three employees performing brick masonry work from a tubular welded frame scaffold were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately greater than 25-feet when the scaffold braces were not installed at the closest horizontal member to the 4:1 height.

Issued

Apr 19, 2013

Abate by

May 9, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

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:    On or about January 24, 2013, at 1070 Gallatin Way, Suwanee, Georgia:    Three employees performing brick masonry work from a tubular welded frame scaffold were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately greater than 25-feet when a ladder was not installed on the scaffold.

Issued

Apr 19, 2013

Abate by

May 9, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms:    On or about January 24, 2013, at 1070 Gallatin Way, Suwanee, Georgia:    Three employees performing brick masonry work from a tubular welded frame scaffold were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately greater than 25-feet when the work platform of the scaffold did not have end rails installed.