OSHA Inspection: THE STONEMASONS, INC.

Issued

Mar 4, 2014

Abate by

Mar 12, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Scaffold platforms and walkways were not at least 18 inches wide:    Jobsite: South chimney.    Employees were exposed to falls from approximately 9 feet and up to approximately 42 feet to the ground below while working from single planks and incomplete work platforms on the tubular welded frame scaffold.

Issued

Mar 4, 2014

Abate by

Mar 12, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 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:    Jobsite: South chimney.    Employees were exposed to falls of up to 42 feet to the ground below while working from a tubular welded frame scaffold structure where adequate fall protection had not been provided.

Issued

Mar 4, 2014

Abate by

Mar 12, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 Reduced

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:    Jobsite: Scaffold accessway.    Employees were exposed to a fall of up to approximately 34 feet to the ground below while accessing the tubular welded frame scaffold where an unguarded parapet wall measuring approximately 2 feet 6 inches in height was in close proximity.

Issued

Mar 4, 2014

Abate by

Mar 12, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1): Supported scaffolds with a height to base width (including outrigger supports, if used) ratio of more than four to one (4:1) were not restrained from tipping by guying, tying, bracing, or equivalent means:    Jobsite: South chimney.    Employees were exposed to falls of up to 42 feet to the ground below while working from a tubular welded frame scaffold that was built four (4) frames high and three (3) frames wide and was not restrained to prevent tipping.

Issued

Mar 4, 2014

Abate by

Mar 12, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 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:    Jobsite: South chimney.    Employees were exposed to injuries due to scafoold structure failure where the tubular welded frame scaffold, built four (4) frames high and three (3) frames wide was:  a) not supported on base plates and  b) not supported on a stable foundation where one screw-jack support was situated over the edge of a concrete block.

Issued

Mar 4, 2014

Abate by

Mar 12, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

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:    Jobsite: South chimney.    Employees were exposed to fall hazards of up to 42 feet to the ground below where they were climbing the frames of the tubular welded frame scaffold.

Issued

Mar 4, 2014

Abate by

Mar 12, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $0 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:    Jobsite: Access to scaffold structure.    Employees were exposed to falls while climbing a step ladder, which was in the closed position and had been leaned against the scaffold frames.