OSHA Inspection: WALTER HART MASONRY, INC.

Issued

2014-04-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $2400.00

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):   a. On or about 14 March, 2014, at the above addressed job site, employees were doing masonry work, placing concrete blocks, while working off a scaffold that was not fully planked.

Issued

2014-04-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $2400.00

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:  a. On or about 14 March, 2014, at the above addressed job site, employees were exposed to the hazard of falling while working on scaffold that did not have the correct base plates, mud sills, and cross members installed on the scaffold.

Issued

2014-04-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(i): Footings were not level, sound, rigid and capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement:   a. On or about 14 March, 2014, at the above addressed job site, employees were exposed to the hazard of falling while working on scaffold with footings that were not level, rigid, and ones that failed support the amount of weight that was on the scaffold.

Issued

2014-04-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(ii): Unstable objects were used to support scaffolds or platform units:  a. On or about 14 March, 2014, at the above addressed job site, employees were exposed to the hazard of falling while working on scaffold that was missing the proper base plates and was supported by concrete blocks on a sloped surface and thin pieces of wood.

Issued

2014-04-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(3): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights were not plumb and braced to prevent swaying and displacement:  a. On or about 14 March, 2014, at the above addressed job site, employees were exposed to the hazard of falling while working on scaffold that was not plumbed or braced while placing concrete blocks to build a wall.

Issued

2014-04-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $2400.00

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, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Cross braces were used as a means of access:   a. On or about 14 March, 2014, at the above addressed job site, employees were exposed to the hazard of falling while climbing the sides of a scaffold to gain access to the working level of the platform.

Issued

2014-04-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $2400.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:   a. On or about 14 March, 2014, at the above addressed job site, employees were exposed to the hazard of falling while working on a scaffold that was not inspected by a competent person at the start of the work day.

Issued

2014-04-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 or about 14 March, 2014, at the above addressed job site, employees were exposed to the hazard of falling while working on a scaffold without being trained on recognizing the hazards of working on a scaffold, how to properly erect, dismantle, move, and inspect a scaffold.

Issued

2014-04-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b)(2): 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 correct procedures for erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, inspecting, and maintaining the type of scaffold in question:  a. On or about 14 March, 2014, at the above addressed job site, employees were exposed to the hazard of falling while working on a scaffold without being trained on recognizing the hazards of working on a scaffold or how to properly erect and inspect a scaffold.