OSHA Inspection: K.C. TILES & MARBLE, INC.

Issued

2013-11-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1700.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:    Two Instances:    a.      On or  about, June 26, 2013, at the above addressed job-site, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while installing formwork and reinforcing steel from a scaffold which lacked base plates and mudsills at the north side of a structure.   b.     On or  about, June 26, 2013, at the above addressed job-site, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while installing formwork and reinforcing steel from a scaffold which lacked base plates and mudsills at the south side of a structure.

Issued

2013-11-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(ii): Unstable objects shall not be used to support scaffolds or platform units:    Two Instances:    a.      On or about, June 26, 2013, at the above addressed job-site, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while installing formwork and reinforcing steel from a scaffold which was supported by concrete masonry blocks at the north side of a structure.    b.     On or about, June 26, 2013, at the above addressed job-site, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while installing formwork and reinforcing steel from a scaffold which was supported by concrete masonry blocks at the south side of a structure.

Issued

2013-11-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1700.00 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, stucture, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.:    Two Instances:    a.      On or about, June 26, 2013, at the above addressed job-site, two employees were exposed to fall hazards while using a scaffold which did not have access ladders at the north side of a structure.  b.     On or about, June 26, 2013, at the above addressed job-site, two employees were exposed to fall hazards while using a scaffold which did not have access ladders at the south side of a structure.

Issued

2013-11-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $1700.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20 (b)(2) Accident Prevention Programs shall provide for frequent and regular inspections of the job sites, materials, and equipment, to be made by competent persons designated by the employer:    On or about June 26, 2013 at the inspection site located: 4825 18th Street NE, Naples, FL 34120.    a. At the above referenced inspection location and on the above referenced date, the employer failed to provide the designated competent person to inspect the above referenced job site, materials and equipment as required by the accident prevention program.

Issued

2013-11-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1700.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section:    a. On or about, June 26, 2013, at the above addressed job-site, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while installing reinforcing steel from a scaffold without using a means of conventional fall protection.

Issued

2013-11-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1700.00 Reduced

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:    Two Instances:   a.      On or about, June 26, 2013, at the above addressed job-site, employees who were exposed to fall hazards were not trained to recognize hazards associated with scaffolds used at the north side of a structure.   b.      On or about, June 26, 2013, at the above addressed job-site, employees who were exposed to fall hazards were not trained to recognize hazards associated with scaffolds used at the south side of a structure.