OSHA Inspection: LAURENCIO ORDAZ

Issued

2013-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $1200.00

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 October 30, 2013, at 1458 Mill Pointe Road, Lawrenceville, Georgia:   Two employees performing brick masonry work using Coosa and Holcim masonry cement that contain chemicals which include but are not limited to crystalline silica and Portland cement were exposed to eye, skin, and lung irritation when the employer did not develop and implement a program to inform them how to recognize and minimize those hazards.

Issued

2013-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-17 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 in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and did not ensure that they were readily accessible during each work  shift to employees when they were in their work area(s) (Construction Reference: 1926.59):  On or about October 30, 2013, at 1458 Mill Pointe Court, Lawrenceville, Georgia:  Two employees performing brick masonry work using Coosa and Holcim masonry cement that contain chemicals which include but are not limited to crystalline silica and Portland cement were exposed to eye, skin, and lung irritation when the employer did not keep safety data sheets to inform the employees how to recognize and minimize the hazards of the chemicals they used.

Issued

2013-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-25 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):  On or about October 30, 2013, at 1458 Mill Pointe Court, Lawrenceville, Georgia:  Two employees performing brick masonry work using Cossa and Holcim masonry cement that contain chemicals which includes but are not limited to crystalline silica and Portland cement were exposed to eye, skin, and lung irritation when the employer did not inform the employees how to recognize and minimize the hazards of working with chemicals.

Issued

2013-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:  On or about October 30, 2013, at 1458 Mill Pointe Court, Lawrenceville, Georgia:  An employee performing brick masonry work from the ground was exposed to struck-by hazards from falling five gallon buckets of masonry cement, trowels, and bricks from the employees working above him when he did not use head protection.

Issued

2013-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.  On or about October 30, 2013, at 1458 Mill Pointe Court, Lawrenceville, Georgia:  An employee performing brick masonry work was exposed to struck-by and eye irritation when he chipped bricks with a trowel and used masonry cement without eye protection.

Issued

2013-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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.  On or about October 30, 2013, at 1458 Mill Pointe Court, Lawrenceville, Georgia:  An employee performing brick masonry work was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 15-feet when he had to climb the frame of a tubular welded frame scaffold to go to and from the work platform of the scaffold when the employer did not install a ladder.

Issued

2013-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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 October 30, 2013, at 1458 Mill Pointe Court, Lawrenceville, Georgia:  An employee performing brick masonry work from a tubular welded frame scaffold was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 15-feet when the work platform did not have guard rails and end rails installed.

Issued

2013-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2): Employees working below a scaffold were not protected from falling tools, materials or equipment in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs (h)(2)(i)-(v) of this section:  On or about October 30, 2013, at 1458 Mill Pointe Court, Lawrenceville, Georgia:  An employee performing brick masonry work from the ground underneat a tubular welded frame scaffold was exposed to struck-by hazards from five gallon buckets of masonry cement, trowels, and bricks from the employees working from the work platform above him when the employer did not install toe boards.

Issued

2013-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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.  On or about October 30, 2013, at 1458 Mill Pointe Court, Lawrenceville, Georgia:  An employee performing brick masonry work from a tubular welded frame scaffold was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 15-feet when the employer did not inform the employee how to recognize and minimize fall hazards while working on scaffolds.

Issued

2013-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b): (a)  NOTE TO CSHO:   On or about October 30, 2013, at 1458 Mill Pointe Court, Lawrenceville, Georgia:  An employee performing brick masonry work was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 17-feet when he worked from the garage roof of a house without using fall protection.

Issued

2013-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  On or about October 30, 2013, at 1458 Mill Pointe Court, Lawrenceville, Georgia:  An employee performing brick masonry work was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 17-feet when the employer did not train and inform the employee how to recognzie and minimize fall hazards.