OSHA Inspection: PC & SONS MASONRY

Issued

2013-05-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(3): The front edge of all platforms was not 14 inches (36 cm) or less from the face of the work, and no guardrail systems were erected along the front edge and/or no personal fall arrest systems were used in accordance with paragraph (g) of this section to protect employees from falling:  On or about 04/02/13 at Grovetown, GA: Employees were exposed to fall hazards while performing masonry work on a four buck high framed supported scaffold at a height of 25 feet 4 inches above the ground. The front edge of the scaffold platform was measured at 30 inches from the face of the building. The employer failed to ensure that scaffold platforms were 14 inches or less from the face of the work.

Issued

2013-05-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level:  On or about 04/02/13 at Grovetown, GA: Employees were exposed to fall hazards while performing masonry work on a framed supported scaffold at a height of 25 feet 4 inches above the ground. The employer failed to provide fall protection for all edges and sides of the scaffold.

Issued

2013-05-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

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 was not used:  On or about 04/02/13 at Grovetown, GA: Employees were exposed to fall hazards while performing masonry work on a four buck high framed supported scaffold at a height of 25 feet 4 inches above the ground. The employer failed to install a ladder for the employees to access the scaffolding.

Issued

2013-05-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(ii): A toeboard was not erected along the edge of platforms more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower levels for a distance sufficient to protect employees below:   On or about 04/02/13 at Grovetown, GA: Employees were exposed to struck-by hazards while performing masonry work on a four buck high, framed supported scaffold at a height of 25 feet 4 inches above the ground. The employer failed to install toeboards to prevent injury to employees below.

Issued

2013-05-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): Tubular welded frame scaffold(s) were not properly braced by crossbracing or diagonal braces, or both, to secure vertical members laterally and to align them so that the erected scaffold was plumb, square, and rigid:  On or about 04/02/13 at Grovetown, GA: Employees were exposed to fall hazards while working on a four buck high framed supported scaffold at a height of 25 feet 4 inches above the ground. The employer failed to laterally connect scaffold frames, which were located on the right end of the scaffold structure, to their adjacent frames.

Issued

2013-05-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(5)(iii): Brackets used to support cantilevered loads shall be used only to support personnel, unless the scaffold has been designed for other loads by a qualified engineer and built to withstand the tipping forces caused by those other loads being placed on the bracket-supported section of the scaffold:  On or about 04/02/13 at Grovetown, GA: Employees were exposed to fall hazards while performing masonry work on a four buck high framed supported scaffold at a height of 25 feet 4 inches above the ground. The employer placed loads of brick and mortar on scaffold bracket extensions that are approved for personnel only.

Issued

2013-05-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $1200.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee who was exposed to fall hazards that enabled each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  On or about 04/02/13 at Grovetown, GA: Employees were exposed to fall hazards while performing masonry work from a 4 buck high framed supported scaffold at a height of 25 feet 4 inches above the ground.  The employer failed to provide fall protection training to all employees who are potentially exposed to fall hazards.