OSHA Inspection: T & J TUCKPOINTING

Issued

2014-03-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-04-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $160.00 Reduced

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:   Employee was observed at the base of the ladder jack scaffold performing laborer duties while wearing no head protection. One of the employees on the ladder jack scaffold was observed dropping some materials to the ground, implying possible danger of head injury from impact.

Issued

2014-03-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-04-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(1): Power operated tool(s), designed to accommodate guards, were not equipped with such guards when in use:   A 4" angle grinder was found onsite during the inspection that did not have any safety guard for the grinder wheel. Manufacturer is Makita; serial # is 9557PB. Grinder was being used for tuck pointing and brick work.

Issued

2014-03-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-04-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $280.00 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, or direct access from other scaffold, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.  Employees did not have an acceptable means of accessing the ladder jack scaffold platform, using only the ladders that stabilized the platform to climb up/ down.

Issued

2014-03-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-04-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $280.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold was not protected by a personal fall arrest system:   Two employees were working on the ladder jack scaffold system above 10 feet off the ground without any means of fall protection.