OSHA Inspection: CAHILL BUILDING & ROOFING

Issued

2014-05-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $1200.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c): Respiratory protection program. This paragraph requires the employer to develop and implement a written respiratory protection program with required worksite-specific procedures and elements for required respirator use. The program must be administered by a suitably trained program administrator. In addition, certain program elements may be required for voluntary use to prevent potential hazards associated with the use of the respirator. The Small Entity Compliance Guide contains criteria for the selection of a program administrator and a sample program that meets the requirements of this paragraph. Copies of the Small Entity Compliance Guide will be available on or about April 8, 1998 from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Office of Publications, Room N 3101, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20210 (202-219-4667).  a. On or about April 10, 2014, at the above located jobsite, employees were provided with and required to wear  full face air purifying respirator for use during tuck-pointing. The employer did not develop or implement a written respirator program that included the provisions with worksite specific procedures for mandatory use.

Issued

2014-05-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii): The employer shall identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; this evaluation shall include a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazard(s) and an identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form. Where the employer cannot identify or reasonably estimate the employee exposure, the employer shall consider the atmosphere to be IDLH.  a. On or about April 10, 2014, at the above addressed jobsite, employees tuck-pointing were exposed to the respiratory hazards, in that the employer failed to evaluate the respiratory hazards(s) at the worksite.

Issued

2014-05-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $1200.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:  a. On or about April 10, 2014, at the above located jobsite, an employee required to tuck-point was exposed to the hazards associated with silica. The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which described how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g) and (h) will be met.

Issued

2014-05-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $1200.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): It shall be the responsibility of the employer to initiate and maintain such programs as may be necessary to comply with this part.  a.  On or about April 10, 2014 - at the above addressed jobsite, the employer did not initiate and maintain an accident prevention program and/or safety and health program to comply with the regulations of this part which included, but were not limited to employee protection when exposed to falls.

Issued

2014-05-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6): Scaffolds shall be designed by a qualified person and shall be constructed and loaded in accordance with that design. Non-mandatory Appendix A to this subpart contains examples of criteria that will enable an employer to comply with paragraph (a) of this section.  a.  On or about April 10, 2014 - at the above addressed jobsite, two employees were performing tuckpointing operations on a chimney from wood planks that were supported by a tubular welded frame scaffold and the roof more than twenty four (24) feet above the ground. The scaffold was not designed by a qualified person, thereby exposing the employees to a fall hazard.

Issued

2014-05-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) shall be restrained from tipping by guying, tying, bracing, or equivalent means, as follows:   a.  On or about April 10, 2014 - at the above addressed jobsite, two employees were performing tuckpointing operations on a chimney from wood planks that were supported by a tubular welded frame scaffold with a height to base width ratio greater than four to one (>4:1) that was not restrained from tipping, thereby exposing employees to falls.

Issued

2014-05-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights shall bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation.  a. On or about April 10, 2014 - at the above addressed jobsite, two employees were performing tuckpointing operations on a chimney from wood planks that were supported by a tubular welded frame scaffold and the roof more than twenty four (24) feet above the ground.  Part of the tubular welded frame scaffold footing was set on soft ground and was not provided with base plates or mud sills, thereby exposing the employees to a fall.

Issued

2014-05-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Except as provided in paragraphs (b)(2)(i) and (b)(2)(ii) of this section, each scaffold platform and walkway shall be at least 18 inches (46 cm) wide.  a. On or about April 10, 2014 - at the above addressed jobsite, two employees were performing tuckpointing operations on a chimney from wood planks that were supported by a tubular welded frame scaffold and the roof more than twenty four (24) feet above the ground.  The scaffold wood plank/platform and walkway was not at least 18 inches wide, thereby exposing the employees to the hazards associated with falls.

Issued

2014-05-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(10): Scaffold components manufactured by different manufacturers shall not be intermixed unless the components fit together without force and the scaffold's structural integrity is maintained by the user. Scaffold components manufactured by different manufacturers shall not be modified in order to intermix them unless a competent person determines the resulting scaffold is structurally sound.  a. On or about April 10, 2014 - at the above addressed jobsite, the tubular welded frame scaffold was constructed by using different scaffold frames, thereby exposing the employees to a possible scaffold collapse and/or fall hazard.

Issued

2014-05-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms are 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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface shall be used. Crossbraces shall not be used as a means of access.  a.  On or about April 10, 2014 - at the above addressed jobsite, employees performing tuckpointing operations on a chimney from wood planks that were supported by a tubular welded frame scaffold and the roof more than twenty four (24) feet above the ground were not provided with an access ladder to the scaffold planks, thereby exposing the employees to fall hazards.

Issued

2014-05-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level shall be protected from falling to that lower level. Paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (vii) of this section establish the types of fall protection to be provided to the employees on each type of scaffold. Paragraph (g)(2) of this section addresses fall protection for scaffold erectors and dismantlers.  a.  On or about April 10, 2014 at the above addressed jobsite, two employees performing tuckpointing operations on a chimney from wood planks that were supported by a tubular welded frame scaffold and the roof more than twenty four (24) feet above the ground were exposed to injuries from falls due to lack of fall protection.

Issued

2014-05-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer shall have each employee who performs 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. The training shall include the following areas, as applicable:  a.  On or about April 10, 2014 - at the above addressed jobsite, employees using a tubular welded frame scaffold and wood planks extending from the scaffold on to the roof and around the chimney were not trained to recognize the hazards associated with the use of such scaffolds, thereby exposing the employees to the hazards associated with falls.