OSHA Inspection: KAY WATERPROOFING CORP.

Issued

May 20, 2014

Penalty

Initial $5,400 · Current $3,240 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.95(a): Personal protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, was not provided, used, or maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition it was necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation, or physical contact.   a) West Facade: Employee engaged in chipping activity without the use of eye protection, being exposed to eye injury, on or about 12/2/2013.   b) Norht Facade: Employee engaged in cutting activity without the use of eye protection, being exposed to eye injury, on or about 12/2/2013.

Issued

May 20, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $2,700 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there is a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, shall be protected by protective helmets.   a) North Facade: Employees without the use of protective helmet, delivering material to the masons on the suspended scaffolds, were exposed to head injury from falling objects, on or about 12/2/2013.

Issued

May 20, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,600 · Current $2,160 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(f)(6): The path to ground from circuits, equipment, or enclosures was not permanent and continuous:   a) Roof: Employee chipping bricks with a jackhammer that was missing a ground pin exposing employee to electirc shock, on or about 12/2/2013.

Issued

May 20, 2014

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $3,780 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(2): Counterweights used to balance adjustable suspension scaffolds were not capable of resisting at least 4 times the tipping moment imposed by the scaffold operating at the rated load:   a) South scaffold: Counterweights used to balance suspension scaffold were not capable of resisting at least 4 times the tipping moment imposed by the scaffold operating at the rated load , on or about 12/2/2013.

Issued

May 20, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,600 · Current $2,160 Reduced

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) South West scaffold: Welded tubular frame scaffolds that were supporting outrigger beams were not resting on base plates , on or about 12/2/2013.

Issued

May 20, 2014

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $3,780 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(d)(3)(iv): Counterweights were not secured by mechanical means to the outrigger beams to prevent accidental displacement:   a) South scaffold: No mechanical device was in place to prevent accidental displacement of counterweights, on or about 12/2/2013.  c) West scaffold: No mechanical device was in place to prevent accidental displacement of counterweights, on or about 12/2/2013.  d) North scaffold: No mechanical device was in place to prevent accidental displacement of counterweights, on or about 12/2/2013.

Issued

May 20, 2014

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $3,780 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(d)(3)(vi): Outrigger beams which are not stabilized by bolts or other direct connections to the floor or roof deck were not secured by tiebacks:  a) South scaffold: Outrigger beams were not stabilized and no tiebacks were in place to prevent collapse, on or about 12/2/2013.  c) West scaffold:  Outrigger beams were not stabilized and no tiebacks were in place to prevent collapse, on or about 12/2/2013.   d) North scaffold: Outrigger beams were not stabilized and no tiebacks were in place to prevent collapse, on or about 12/2/2013.

Issued

May 20, 2014

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $3,780 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.    a) North Balcony: Employee without any means of fall protection was engaged in flashing activity next to the edge of a balcony being exposed to a fall of approximately 15 feet on to a concrete sidewalk , on or about 12/2/2013.

Issued

May 20, 2014

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $3,780 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(ii): Each employee on a single-point or two-point adjustable suspension scaffold was not protected by both a personal fall arrest system and a guardrail system:   a) West angled scaffold: Employee had lanyard connected to the scaffold motor cable and was not protected from falls, on or about 12/2/2013.  b) South scaffold: Two employees were working from a suspended scaffold without being attached to a personal fall arrest system, on or about 12/2/2013.  c) West scaffold: One employee was working from a suspended scaffold without being attached to a personal fall arrest system, on or about 12/2/2013.  d) North scaffold: One employee was working from a suspended scaffold without being attached to a personal fall arrest system, on or about 12/2/2013.

Issued

May 20, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $2,700 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(3)(i): Verical lifelines were not fastened to a fixed safe point of anchorage, independent of the scaffoldk, and protected from sharp edges and abrasion:  a) South scaffold: Vertical lifelines were not protected from damage at the parapet, on or about 12/2/2013.  c) West scaffold: Vertical lifelines were not protected from damage at the parapet, on or about 12/2/2013.  d) North scaffold: Vertical lifelines was not protected from damage at the parapet, on or about 12/2/2013.

Issued

May 20, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $2,700 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.702(i)(1): Masonry saws were not guarded with a semicircular enclosure over the blade:  a) East scaffold: Employee was cutting mortar with a handheld masonry saw that did not have a guard, on or about 12/2/2013.   b) Roof: Employee was cutting mortar with a handheld masonry saw that did not have a guard, on or about 12/2/2013.

Issued

May 20, 2014

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $3,780 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladder(s) were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:  a) North facade: Employee was climbing the upper section of an extension ladder to access the bridge scaffold being exposed to a fall of approximately 10 feet, on or about 12/2/2013.

Issued

May 20, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,700 · Current $1,620 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(16): Portable ladders with structural defects, such as, but not limited to, broken or missing rungs, cleats, or steps, broken or split rails, corroded components, or other faulty or defective components, were not either immediately marked in a manner that readily identifies them as defective, or tagged with "Do Not Use" or similar language, and were not withdrawn from service until repaired:  a) North facade: Employee was climbing the upper section of a defective extension ladder to access the bridge scaffold, on or about 12/2/2013.