OSHA Inspection: MATTHEW CARNES CONCRETE & MASONRY

Issued

2013-12-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $720.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.95(a): Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, were not provided:  (a) On or about August 15, 2013 - 311 4th Street South, Gadsden, AL, brickmasons exposed to a corrosive material (Portland cement) were not wearing eye protection while laying brick at eye level.

Issued

2013-12-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):  (a) On or about August 15, 2013 - 311 4th Street South, Gadsden, AL, working platforms were not fully planked exposing employees working on the platforms to a fall hazard of 15.2 feet.

Issued

2013-12-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1200.00 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:  (a) On or about August 15, 2013 - 311 4th Street South, Gadsden, AL, base plates were missing from all of the scaffolding component legs.

Issued

2013-12-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1200.00 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:   (a) On or about August 15, 2013 - 311 4th Street South, Gadsden, AL, scaffolding was erected, dismantled and/or moved by employees without the supervision of a competent person.

Issued

2013-12-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-02 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) On or about August 15, 2013 - 311 4th Street South, Gadsden, AL, employees working from scaffolding had not received training from the company in the hazard(s) of working from a scaffold at heights up to 15.2 feet.

Issued

2013-12-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee who was involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question:  (a) On or about August 15, 2013 - 311 4th Street South, Gadsden, AL, employees had not been trained to erect, dismantle and/or move scaffolding in a safe manner.

Issued

2013-12-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:  (a) On or about August 15, 2013 - 311 4th Street South, Gadsden, AL, an employee was pulling up bricks by use of a pulley system and was not protected from falling to the ground below exposing the employee to a 15.2 foot fall hazard.

Issued

2013-12-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): All cross braces were not of such length so as to automatically square and align vertical members such that the erected scaffold was always plumb, level, and square:  (a)   On or about August 15, 2013 - 311 4th Street South, Gadsden, AL, cross bracing used to erect the  scaffolding was not all of the same length, and some braces were left unsecured, forcing the scaffold to not be plumb, or secure, and allowing it to lean to the left when observed from a distance.

Issued

2013-12-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $720.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, material safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following: (Construction Reference: 29 CFR 1926.59)  (a) On or about August 15, 2013 - 311 4th Street South, Gadsden, AL, a written hazard communication program had not been developed and implemented for brickmasons working with hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited to, Portland cement.