OSHA Inspection: HOWARD LYNCH PLASTERING & STUCCO

Issued

2013-09-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1820.00 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) Jobsite, 524 South 3rd Street - An employee was putting mud into nail holes from a fabricated frame scaffold 26' above ground level without adequate fall protection, observed on or about 6/26/13.

Issued

2013-09-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-23 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.  a) Jobsite, 524 South 3rd Street - An employee was putting mud into nail holes from a fabricated frame scaffold 26' above ground level without being trained in scaffold safety. The exposed employee did not know the trigger height for fall protection from frame scaffolds on or about 6/26/13.

Issued

2013-09-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part:  a) Jobsite, 524 South 3rd Street - The employer did not develop and/or implement an accident prevention program to help protect their employees from hazardous work conditions such as fall hazards 26' above the ground level on or about 6/26/13.

Issued

2013-09-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1300.00 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, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.    a) Jobsite, 524 South 3rd Street - An employee descended down a fabricated frame scaffold 26' above the ground level without use of a ladder, observed on or about 6/26/13.

Issued

2013-09-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds shall be erected, moved, dismantled, or altered only under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration. Such activities shall be performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.  a) Jobsite, 524 South 3rd Street - Employees altered and erected a fabricated frame scaffold up to 26 feet above ground level without a competent person on site on or about 6/26/13.

Issued

2013-09-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $780.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)    a) Jobsite, 524 South 3rd Street - Employees were handling Parex 121 Dry Basecoat containing portland cement cas number 65997-15-1 without a written hazard communication program readily available on or about 6/26/13.

Issued

2013-09-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not maintain copies of the required material safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical in the workplace: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)  a) Jobsite, 524 South 3rd Street - Employees were handling Parex 121 Dry Basecoat containing portland cement cas number 65997-15-1 without a safety data sheet readily available on or about 6/26/13.

Issued

2013-09-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)  a) Jobsite, 524 South 3rd Street - Employees were handling Parex 121 Dry Basecoat containing portland cement cas number 65997-15-1 without a hazard communication training program readily available on or about 6/26/13.