OSHA Inspection: HAMILTON MASONRY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

Issued

Aug 9, 2013

Abate by

Aug 16, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $3,080

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Platform(s) on all working levels of scaffolds, were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and guardrail supports:   On or about 08/08/2013 at 150 Pearl Nix Parkway Gainesville, GA; employees performing bricklaying operations were exposed to 30' falls to the lower level where the working level was not fully decked.

Issued

Aug 9, 2013

Abate by

Aug 16, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $3,080

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.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.   On or about 08/08/2013 at 150 Pearl Nix Parkway Gainesville, GA; employees performing bricklaying operations were exposed to a 32' fall to the lower level where the ladder did not extend the full height of the scaffold to the working level and employees were observed scaling the scaffold frame beyond the reach of the ladder.

Issued

Aug 9, 2013

Abate by

Sep 8, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $2,200

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)    On or about 08/08/2013 at 150 Pearl Nix Parkway Gainesville, GA; the employer did not develop a Hazard Communication Program where employees are performing brick laying operations with mortar.

Issued

Aug 9, 2013

Abate by

Sep 8, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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)  On or about 08/08/2013 at 150 Pearl Nix Parkway Gainesville, GA; the employer did not train employees in the hazards associated with the use of chemical products where employees are performing brick laying operations with mortar.

Issued

Aug 9, 2013

Abate by

Sep 8, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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)  On or about 08/08/2013 at 150 Pearl Nix Parkway Gainesville, GA; the employer did notprovide employees with Material Safety Data Sheets to employees performing brick laying operations with mortar.

Issued

Aug 9, 2013

Abate by

Aug 16, 2013

Penalty

Initial $15,400 · Current $15,400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms.  On or about 08/08/2013 at 150 Pearl Nix Parkway Gainesville, GA; employees performing bricklaying operations were exposed to a 32' fall to the lower level where there were no endrails installed at the working level.  Hamilton Masonry Construction was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.451(g)(4), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 314090176, citation number 02, item number 01 and was affirmed as a final order on 01/10/2011, with respect to a workplace located at 14030 Abercorn Street Savannah, GA.

Issued

Aug 9, 2013

Abate by

Aug 16, 2013

Penalty

Initial $6,160 · Current $6,160

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1): Each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects.  For falling objects too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected, the employer did not place and secure such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall.  On or about 08/08/2013 at 150 Pearl Nix Parkway Gainesville, GA; employees performing bricklaying operations were exposed to struck-by hazards from approximately 32' to the lower level where there were no toeboards installed.   Hamilton Masonry Construction was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.451(g)(4), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 314090176, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on 01/10/2011, with respect to a workplace located at 14030 Abercorn Street Savannah, GA.