OSHA Inspection: S & S MASONRY OF TAMPA BAY, INC.

Issued

Mar 28, 2014

Abate by

Apr 9, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $300 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l):     a. At the site, material handling was conducted by using a GEHL RS6-36 rough terrain forklift without providing the operator with the required training.

Issued

Mar 28, 2014

Abate by

May 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:     a. At the site, employees were not provided training and education relating to hazards and requirements during masonry wall construction to include issues such as, but not limited to, fall protection, the use of personal protective equipment, scaffolding requirements, masonry wall construction safety to include the setup of a limited access zone requirements and cement block wall bracing for walls over 8 feet high.

Issued

Mar 28, 2014

Abate by

Apr 3, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $300 Reduced

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:    a. At the site, employees were not provided with safety glasses and were exposed to eye injuries while cutting rebar using a saw and while using a mason's trowel to cut wiring used between cement blocks to reinforce the walls.

Issued

Mar 28, 2014

Abate by

Apr 3, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.     a. At the second floor, employees were exposed to a fall hazard 11 feet 4 inches, in that, guardrails were not installed at the stairway opening where an extension ladder was placed to access the second floor.     b. At the second floor, employees were exposed to a fall hazard 11 feet 4 inches, in that, guardrails were not installed at the north and south material handling areas.     c. At the second floor, employees were exposed to a fall hazard 11 feet 4 inches, in that, guardrails were not installed at the elevator shaft doors.

Issued

Mar 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(14): Each employee working on, at, above, or near wall openings (including those with chutes attached), where the outside bottom edge of the wall opening was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels and the inside bottom edge of the wall opening is less than 39 inches (1.0 M) above the walking/working surface, was not protected from falling by the use of a guardrail system, a safety net system, or a personal fall arrest system:     a. At the second floor of the building, employees were exposed to a 12 feet fall hazard to the ground below, in that, the window openings which were 8 inches from the walking surface were not provided with standard railings.

Issued

Mar 28, 2014

Abate by

Apr 3, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $300 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.701(b): All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and/or into which employees could fall or come against, was not guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement:      a. At the second floor, employees were exposed to the hazard of impalement, in that, protruding rebar was not capped throughout the entire second story where masonry wall construction was in progress also rebar was not capped at material handling areas and on window openings.

Issued

Mar 28, 2014

Abate by

Apr 3, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $700 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.706(a)(1): A limited access zone was not established prior to the start of construction of a masonry wall:     a. At the site, employees were not protected from newly constructed masonry block walls by establishing a limited access zone at the unscaffolded side.

Issued

Mar 28, 2014

Abate by

May 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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)       a. On site, employees were exposed to gasoline and masonry cement containing silicates during cement block wall construction, in that, a written hazard communication program was not developed, maintained and implemented at the workplace.

Issued

Mar 28, 2014

Abate by

Apr 3, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1):  The employer did not have a material safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical which they used: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)     a. On site, employees were exposed to gasoline and masonry cement containing silicates during cement block wall construction. Material Safety Data Sheets were not maintained at the workplace to provide employees information on the hazardous chemicals used.

Issued

Mar 28, 2014

Abate by

May 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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)     a. On site, employees were exposed to gasoline and masonry cement containing silicates during cement block wall construction. The employees were not provided training and education on the hazardous chemicals at the workplace.

Issued

Mar 28, 2014

Abate by

May 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): A safety and health program was not initiated and/or maintained to provide compliance with the general safety and health provisions of the standard:       a. The employer did not develop and implement a written safety and health program to address the company policy on safety as well as the employer/employee responsibilities.

Issued

Mar 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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. At the site, employees were exposed to electrical hazards, in that, a yellow extension cord used to provide power to portable power tools had the ground prong broken off.

Issued

Mar 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(e)(1): Worn or frayed electric cords or cables were used:     a. At the site, employees were exposed to electrical hazards, in that, a yellow extension cord used to provide power to portable power tools was frayed.

Issued

Mar 28, 2014

Abate by

Apr 3, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): Tubular welded frames and panels were not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which would have secured vertical members together laterally:     a. At the second floor, employees were exposed to fall hazards, in that, single frame scaffolding was used with cross braces only on the one side.