OSHA Inspection: MICHEL BROS. MASONRY, INC.

Issued

2013-07-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-07-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2):     The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s):      Employees were exposed to fall hazards and struck-by hazards and the employer did not ensure that frequent and regular inspections of the site were performed by a competent person.

Issued

2013-07-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-07-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a):   Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:   An employee working on the scaffold was exposed to being struck by falling tools and materials being used by masons on the scaffold above and the employee was not required to wear head protection.

Issued

2013-07-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-07-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1):     Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:     An employee working on the scaffold was exposed to fall hazards of approximately 14 feet because fall protection was not utilized on the section of the scaffold that the work took place.

Issued

2013-07-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-07-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:     Employees working from a scaffold were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 14 feet and the employees were unable to recognize the hazardous condition as was demonstrated when employees climbed the cross bracing to access the upper working level of the scaffold as well as the lack of fall protection on the upper working level.

Issued

2013-07-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-07-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $0.00 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:     Employees working from a scaffold were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 14 feet to the ground in that acceptable means of access was not provided.  Employees used cross bracing and an improper ladder to access the work platforms.

Issued

2013-07-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-07-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4):     Ladder(s) were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:     An employee working on the scaffold was exposed to fall hazards of approximately 7.5 feet because a portable step ladder was leaned against the scaffold and used as a means of access.  The portable ladder was not expanded to stand freely as was intended by the manufacturer.

Issued

2013-07-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-07-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:    An employee working on a scaffold was exposed to fall hazards of approximately 7.5 feet to the ground because a portable ladder was leaned against the scaffold and used as a means of access and the employee was not adequately trained in order to recognize the hazard.