OSHA Inspection: FLORIDA SERVICES CORP

Issued

Mar 7, 2014

Abate by

Mar 22, 2014

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:   a) a certification of abatement was not provided for the cited items 1a, 1b, 1c, 7 and 8 within 10 calendar days after the abatement date of December 4, 2013; as observed on or about 2/21/2014.

Issued

Nov 21, 2013

Abate by

Dec 4, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

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:  a) at the north side of the residence located at 5819 S Mc Dill Ave, Tampa (FL) -  for employees handling Amstar Stucco Cement ASTM C-929 Portland cement mixture to texturize a wall, as observed on or about 11/08/2013.

Issued

Nov 21, 2013

Abate by

Dec 4, 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)  a) at the north side of the residence located at 5819 S Mc Dill Ave, Tampa (FL) -  for employees handling Amstar Stucco Cement ASTM C-929 Portland cement mixture to texturize a wall, as observed on or about 11/08/2013.

Issued

Nov 21, 2013

Abate by

Dec 4, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and material safety data sheets.  a) at the north side of the residence located at 5819 S Mc Dill Ave, Tampa (FL) -  for employees handling Amstar Stucco Cement ASTM C-929 Portland cement mixture to texturize a wall, as observed on or about 11/08/2013.

Issued

Nov 21, 2013

Abate by

Dec 4, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.51(f)(1): The employer shall provide adequate washing facilities for employees engaged in the application of paints, coating, herbicides, or insecticides, or in other operations where contaminants may be harmful to the employees. Such facilities shall be in near proximity to the worksite and shall be so equipped as to enable employees to remove such substances.  a) at the north side of the residence located at 5819 S Mc Dill Ave, Tampa (FL) -  for employees handling Amstar Stucco Cement ASTM C-929 Portland cement mixture to texturize a wall, as observed on or about 11/08/2013. In that clean water, a non-alkaline soap and clean towels were not provided.

Issued

Nov 21, 2013

Abate by

Dec 4, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) at the north side of the residence located at 5819 S Mc Dill Ave, Tampa (FL) -  for employees handling Amstar Stucco Cement ASTM C-929 Portland cement mixture to texturize a wall, as observed on or about 11/08/2013. In that eye and skin protective equipment were not provided.

Issued

Nov 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

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) at the north side of the residence located at 5819 S Mc Dill Ave, Tampa (FL) -  for employees texturizing stucco, in that, the working  level of the scaffold was not fully plank, as observed on or about 11/08/2013.

Issued

Nov 21, 2013

Abate by

Dec 4, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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, or guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects. When the falling objects are too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected by any of the above-listed measures, the employer shall place such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall and shall secure those materials as necessary to prevent their falling.  a) at the north side of the residence located at 5819 S Mc Dill Ave, Tampa (FL) -  for employees texturizing stucco with hand applicator, in that, the working  level of the scaffold had no toe bar while employees where working at the ground level, as observed on or about 11/08/2013.

Issued

Nov 21, 2013

Abate by

Dec 4, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

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.  a) at the north side of the residence located at 5819 S Mc Dill Ave, Tampa (FL) -  for employees texturizing stucco, in that, employees were using the scaffold frames to access the second platform level of the scaffold, as observed on or about 11/08/2013.

Issued

Nov 21, 2013

Abate by

Dec 4, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  a) at the north side of the residence located at 5819 S Mc Dill Ave, Tampa (FL) -  for employees texturizing stucco, in that, the scaffold had no base plates, as observed on or about 11/08/2013.

Issued

Nov 21, 2013

Abate by

Dec 4, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms.  a) at the north side of the residence located at 5819 S Mc Dill Ave, Tampa (FL) -  for employees texturizing stucco, in that, an employee was on a scaffold up to 15 feet high that had top and middle guardrails missing at different locations of the scaffold system, as observed on or about 11/08/2013.

Issued

Nov 21, 2013

Abate by

Dec 4, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performs work while on a scaffold(s) trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize those hazards associated with the type of scaffold(s) being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.   a) at the north side of the residence located at 5819 S Mc Dill Ave, Tampa (FL) -  for employees texturizing stucco, in that, employees working from a tbular scaffold system were not provided training on how to recognize and minimize hazards associated with scaffold system, as observed on or about 11/08/2013.

Issued

Nov 21, 2013

Abate by

Dec 4, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

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:  a) at the north side of the residence located at 5819 S Mc Dill Ave, Tampa (FL) -  for employees involved in erecting and disassembling the scaffold system, as observed on or about 11/08/2013.  In that the scaffold system had deficiencies such as but not limited to:     1) no mudsills     2) no toe bars     3) missing guardraills aroung the entire scaffold     4) work level not fully plank     5) no ladder for access