OSHA Inspection: LOREDO BRICKLAYERS

Issued

2014-03-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii):   The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards and identification of the contaminants chemical state and physical form: (Construction Reference 1926.103)  On or about, December 18, 2013, at the jobsite, the employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) associated with employee(s) using a brick masonry saw while cutting bricks, dry. This condition exposed employee(s) to hazards of airborne silica and dust particles entering the respiratory and pulmonary systems.

Issued

2014-03-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(c): Employees using hand and power tools and exposed to the hazard of falling, flying, abrasive, or splashing objects, or exposed to harmful dusts, fumes, mists, vapors, or gases were not provided with the particular personal protective equipment necessary to protect them from the hazard:  On or about December 18, 2013, the employer did not ensure that employee(s) exposed to the hazards of flying brick chips and silica dust particles, while cutting bricks dry, were provided respirators and safety spectacles with unperforated sideshields. Employee(s) were exposed to the hazard of being struck in eye and inhalation hazards.

Issued

2014-03-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

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 December 18, 2013, the employer did not ensure that employees exposed to the hazards of silica and dust particles, while cutting bricks without water, were provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial training. This condition exposed employee(s) to inhalation hazards associated with exposure to airborne silica and dust particles.

Issued

2014-03-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:  On or about December 18, 2013, at the jobsite, the employer did not ensure that employees walking and working on scaffold and ground level where overhead hazards such as but not limited to stacked bricks and other materials, were protected by hardhats from impact of falling or flying overhead objects. This practice created conditions which exposed the employees to struck by hazards.

Issued

2014-03-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

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):   On or about December 18, 2013, on a scaffold, where the employer did not provide adequate planking or decking. Employees performing bricklaying activities on a two (2) story, approximate 3,200 square foot, single-family home, were working from a single 2"H x 10"W x12"L plank, on the 1st level of scaffolding approximately 8-1/2 feet above ground level. While the other employees were working below on the scaffold and ground where brick were stacked overhead. This practice created conditions which exposed employee(s) to falling from heights greater than 8 feet and 6 inches to the unfinished ground below.

Issued

2014-03-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(ii): Unstable objects were used to support scaffolds or platform units:  On or about December 18, 2013, at the jobsite on an inclined slope, the employer had placed the scaffold end frame without a base plate for the scaffold on the edge of a triangular piece of board. Scaffold end frames, which have no base plates, were erected on top of scrap wood. This practice created a condition which exposed employees to fall hazards greater than 8 feet to the unfinished ground below.