OSHA Inspection: NATIONWIDE STUCCO & DESIGN, INC.

Issued

Aug 27, 2014

Abate by

Sep 23, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,320 · Current $1,320

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 March 19, 2014, and times prior thereto, at the Days Inn Adel jobsite, the employer failed to develop, implement and maintain a written hazard-communication program at the jobsite, thus exposing employees to related hazards not limited to Florida Portland cement, including respiratory, eye and skin irritation.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED

Issued

Aug 27, 2014

Abate by

Sep 23, 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 March 19, 2014, and times prior thereto, at the Days Inn Adel jobsite, the employer failed to maintain a safety data sheet for at least Florida Portland cement in the workplace, thus exposing employees to related health hazards not limited to respiratory, eye and skin irritation.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED.

Issued

Aug 27, 2014

Abate by

Sep 23, 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 March 19, 2014, and times prior thereto, at the Days Inn Adel jobsite, the employer failed to provide effective information and training to employees exposed to Portland cement-related chemicals when first hired, and when new chemicals were used at masonry jobsites, exposing employees to related health hazards.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED

Issued

Aug 27, 2014

Abate by

Sep 23, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,320 · Current $1,320

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)    On March 19, 2014, and times prior thereto, at the Days Inn Adel jobsite, the employer failed to ensure that workers donned moisture-impervious hand protection while mixing and applying Portland cement, exposing employees to hazards not limited to skin-irritation and infection.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED.

Issued

Aug 27, 2014

Abate by

Sep 23, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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)    On March 19, 2014, and times prior thereto, at the Days Inn Adel jobsite, the employer failed to ensure that workers donned appropriate eye protection while using an electric drill to mix Portland cement and a Sandpebble mid-base, and applying it with hand tools, exposing employees to splashing-related hazards not limited to eye-irritation and infection.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED

Issued

Aug 27, 2014

Abate by

Sep 23, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $2,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:  a)    On March 19, 2014, and times prior thereto, at the Days Inn Adel jobsite, the employer failed to ensure that employees donned appropriate head protection while situated below workers on a steel-supported scaffold, exposing employees to struck-by hazards, head injury, and including death.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED

Issued

Aug 27, 2014

Abate by

Sep 23, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $3,080

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(i): Each platform unit (e.g., scaffold plank, fabricated plank, fabricated deck, or fabricated platform) was not installed so that the space between adjacent units and the space between the platform and the uprights were no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, except where the employer can demonstrate that a wider space is necessary:  (a)    On March 19, 2014, and times prior thereto, at the Days Inn Adel jobsite, the employer failed to ensure that tubular-steel supported scaffold sections included fully-planked working platforms on multiple levels, exposing employees to fall hazards from 15 ft. to 20 ft., including death.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION ARE REQUIRED

Issued

Aug 27, 2014

Abate by

Sep 23, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $3,080

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration; such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person:   a)    On March 19, 2014, and times prior thereto, at the Days Inn Adel jobsite, the employer failed to ensure that a tubular-steel supported scaffold was erected, moved and dismantled under the supervision of a competent person qualified in such activities; and such activities were not performed by trained and experienced employees selected for such work by the competent person, exposing employees to fall hazards from 15 ft. to 20 ft., including death.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION ARE REQUIRED

Issued

Aug 27, 2014

Abate by

Sep 23, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $3,080

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)    On March 19, 2014, and times prior thereto, at the Days Inn Adel jobsite, on two tubular-steel supported scaffold sections the employer failed to ensure that guardrails or another means of fall protection was employed while workers performed masonry duties on the third- and forth-level platforms, exposing employees to falls to the next-lower level, or 15-20 ft. to the ground.      ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION ARE REQUIRED

Issued

Aug 27, 2014

Abate by

Sep 23, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $3,080

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)    On March 19, 2014, and times prior thereto, at the Days Inn Adel jobsite, the employer failed to include cross braces on the inside frames of the entire tubular-steel supported scaffold facing the building, exposing employees to fall hazards of 15 to 20 ft. following a scaffold collapse.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION ARE REQUIRED

Issued

Aug 27, 2014

Abate by

Sep 30, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $3,080

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards:  a)    On March 19, 2014, and times prior thereto, at the Days Inn Adel jobsite, the employer failed to ensure that employees who performed work on a tubular-steel supported scaffold were trained by a qualified person to recognize associated hazards, as well as to recognize the procedures to mitigate such hazards, exposing employees to falls hazards up to 20 feet.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION ARE REQUIRED

Issued

Aug 27, 2014

Abate by

Sep 30, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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)    On March 19, 2014, and times prior thereto, at the Days Inn Adel jobsite, the employer failed to ensure that employees who erected, dismantled or moved a tubular-steel supported scaffold were trained by a competent person to employ the correct procedures and recognize related hazards during such work, exposing employees to falls hazards up to 20 feet.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION ARE REQUIRED

Issued

Aug 27, 2014

Abate by

Sep 23, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $3,080

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)    On March 19, 2014, and times prior thereto, at the Days Inn Adel jobsite, the employer failed to ensure that at least one employee applying stucco while on the drive-thru canopy flat roof was fall protected when near an unprotected edge, exposing employee to fall hazards of 21 ft. 6 in. to the ground.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION ARE REQUIRED

Issued

Aug 27, 2014

Abate by

Sep 23, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(iv):   The details of the hazard communication program developed by the employer, did not include an explanation of the labels received on shipped containers and the workplace labeling system used by their employer; the safety data sheet, including the order of information and how employee could obtain and use the appropriate hazard information (Construction reference 1926.59):  a)    On March 19, 2014, and times prior thereto, at the Days Inn Adel jobsite, the employer failed to provide effective information and training to employees exposed to hazardous chemicals pursuant to the Hazard Communication 2012 updates effective December 1, 2013, exposing employees to various related hazards.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED