OSHA Inspection: THE BLOCK BUILDERS GROUP

Issued

2013-09-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2520.00 · Current $1260.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:    a) On June 24, 2013 and at times prior thereto; front of residential home; employees were observed working near and/or under the scaffold system or roof area without any head protection that would protect them from fall debris, materials or tools used in the process.

Issued

2013-09-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-10-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2520.00 · Current $1260.00 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.  Cross-braces were used as a means of access.      a) On June 24, 2013 and at times prior thereto; front of building, employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 24 feet when accessing the scaffold system by climbing the frame.     Abatement certification and documentation required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, the date and method of abatement, and state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement. Abatement documentation shall include documents demonstrating that abatement is complete, such as evidence of the purchase or repair of equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement or other written records.

Issued

2013-09-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-10-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2520.00 · Current $1260.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vi): Each employee performing overhand bricklaying operations from a supported scaffold was not protected from falling from all open sides and ends of the scaffold (except at the side next to the wall being laid) by the use of a personal fall arrest system or guardrail system (with minimum 200 pound top-rail capacity).     a) On June 24, 2013 and at times prior thereto; Front of building; employees working on a scaffold system conducting masonry work were exposed to a 30 foot fall at the ends and work area of the working platform.     Abatement certification and documentation required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, the date and method of abatement, and state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement. Abatement documentation shall include documents demonstrating that abatement is complete, such as evidence of the purchase or repair of equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement or other written records.