OSHA Inspection: COSTA BROTHERS MASONRY, INCORPORATED

Issued

Sep 10, 2013

Abate by

Oct 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $5,390 · Current $3,773 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, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.     Date: 05/07/2013    Location: Courtyard, Hingham Middle School Construction Project    Employees were exposed to fall hazards while accessing upper platforms in excess of 2 feet where unsecured planks were used as an access way.

Issued

Sep 10, 2013

Abate by

Oct 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $5,390 · Current $3,773 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.    Date: 05/07/2013    Location: Hingham Middle School Construction Project    An employee fell 29 feet to the ground below while walking between two mast climbing scaffolding platforms which were in the process of being raised.    Instance a) The competent person failed to ensure the platform was level while being raised.    Instance b) The competent person did not prevent employees from standing on the working level of the platform while raising the platforms.

Issued

Sep 10, 2013

Abate by

Oct 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $5,390 · Current $3,773 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(8): Employee(s) were not prohibited from working on scaffolds covered with snow, ice or other slippery material(s):Note:  This paragraph does not apply when employees are on scaffolds necessarily to remove such materials.    Date: 05/07/2013    Location: Courtyard, Hingham Middle School Construction Project    Employees were exposed to slip hazards while working on a scaffold where stone dust was allowed to accumulate on the working platform.